Can i use gear oil in place of conventional oil in my Chevy 350 V8?

I've heard of folks useing transmission fluid in place of oil. A man I knew did that with his Monte Carlos, he said its better fer his engines and if it leaks from the area and its red on the ground then he knows its his leak.





im wondering if I can use gear oil in place or with the conventional oils?





Would it be better or not if not, then why?Can i use gear oil in place of conventional oil in my Chevy 350 V8?
ok yes/no you need to use your traditional oil but you can put in a quart of transmission fluid once in awhile not all the time only reason i would put trans fluid in is to help clean the motor. you see trans fluid is a high detergent and this will help clean the motor. i have worked on trans for 29 years and maybe once a year or year in a half i would do this myself. still to this day. now i dont mean put gear oil in your car ATF dextronCan i use gear oil in place of conventional oil in my Chevy 350 V8?
NO


Engine oil in engine


Gear oil in gearboxes


Transmission fluid in transmission





It's not that hard


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NO!!! Use 10W40 of a quality brand. I personally prefer Valvoline. Quaker State and Pennzoil gunk up the rocker shafts ans this is difficult to remove.
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I'd really steer away from that. Gear oil is formulated to be a lot ';heavier'; (as in viscosity) than regular motor oil. It may work for a hot engine, but it would take a long time for the oil to heat up and make its way to all the critical parts of the engine that need lubrication. Damage to wear-critical components will be amplified by not having oil soon enough. Most likely your lifters and valve train would make a terrific racket until the oil had warmed up. Please stick to the recommended oil for your engine changed at regular intervals and it will last quite a while.





Sidenote: As engines wear it's common for them to make more knocking, tapping noises, etc. as the engine warms up and the oil thins out. An old-fashioned cure-all is to add heavier viscosity motor oil to the engine in the hopes that the oil will stay thicker when it gets hot. Another one is using a cheaper oil filter in the hopes that more oil will get through the filter and reach the top end of the motor to prevent valve-train noise. Since I'm guilty of both of these, I won't tell you not to do them because they generally cause no harm. But adding gear lube to the engine is really not a good idea.
engine oil is a very complicated product designed to withstand heat and cool the engine in addition to allowing two metal surfaces to come in contact with each other.





gear oil is meant to do one thing, resist the shearing forces of gears in a box and it will lose its viscosity very quickly in an engine. When a good engine costs $3000+ why skimp on not buying the best oil at $40 to protect it