PatrickGSR94

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Might want to check in the ITR forum or the Road Race forum on that.

whitehf

i had 10w-30 and my tranny kept grinding..then i switched it to oem honda tranny fluid and my shifting is super smooth...

crazydominicanman

I use MTF and it works just fine.

seanostylez

I use honda mtf in my 96 integra ls with 165 kms on the tranny and it works fine but i use the gm syncromesh in my 92 integra ls with 390 kms cause it had a grind in 3rd it helped a little but i would just stick to the honda mtf

racebum

redline would be where i looked. it's one of the best anti heat oils made. the motor oil is actually a true group 5 which can't be said for any of the other popular brands that i know of. {unsure on amsoil and RP}

b20vtec2

my teg is a 94 the only thing i have ever put in my tranny is HONDA MTF, and my tranny is in like off the showroom floor condition. to honda mtf

bigislandc2

use the honda mtf or gm syncro mesh if you feel slight grinding.
but if you only have 10-30 at the moment then use it unitll you can get the right fluid.

Lord Helmet

I used the honda mtf and didn't like the notchy feel. I switched to the redline mtl and it's alot more smoother now. redline mtl all the way for me

Ls-KidJake

Nice information guys, I came to this thread looking for MTF and this is exactly what I was looking for.

Now, you said you've seen good results by mixing synchromesh and Honda MTF, have you seen any bad results?

ELOYD

as a acura tech i will highly recommend acura mtf

Muskie Man

Motor oil is designed to reduce friction as much as possible. Syncros on the other hand require friction to slow the gears down for a smooth shift. Honda/Acura MTF is the best choice imo. Mr Honda first learned how to build transmissions for motorcycles long before he was building cars. Most motorcycles use motor oil in their transmissions as the block and trans share the same lubricant. However motorcycles do not have syrncos so they do not require the friction modifiers present in Honda/Acura MTF. I am no mechanic but I believe the heavyweight 75w90 that other auto manufactures require will destroy a Honda transmission. Toyota for instance never made motorcycles. My old Supra used that heavyweight 75w90 stinky crap. My YS1 on my B18C5 has over 222k on it and has seen allot of track time but still shifts perfect at 8700rpm.

kylouie

Recently i changed my manual trans. fluid because i just bought my teggy! I used mobil 10w40 motor oil, thats what the dude recommended at advanced auto! Just to be safe i added 12oz. of the lucas oil trans. additive hopefully that helps. I wish i read this thread before making my choices! So far so good, i'll probably change the fluid next month, just to see what happens, or when it starts to grind! Whatcha y'll think about this mixture?

96teg831

what about this http://www.valvoline.com/products/co...il/gear-oil/62

red96turbols

I used Royal Purple in my old trans that had 180k on it, worked great all the way up to 236k when it took a **** (input shaft/counter shaft and diff bearings finally went out) the thing was stock and beaten up by previous owner. It was not the synchromax. Now with my new Synchrotech built tranny I only use Honda MTF. I buy it by the case and its cheaper than buying it by the qt. I had this tranny and fluid in for about 5k now and its a beast.

Oilfield_Teg

I actually used 10 40 mobil and ive had no problems in the 2k that i put on my car. A lot better since it probly never got changed from my previous owner.

DAgsrt

i used the same royal purple sycromax and it worked fine. actually was grinding from 3rd to 4th and helped smooth it out a little.

Wakes4Fun

I like using syncromesh in all my cars

BC2003UGA

Uncle Scotty's Cocktail for me:

1qt Redline lightweight shockproof
1qt Pennzoil Synchromesh
2qt Castrol Hypoy C 80w-90


bear in mind these are the quantities for a subaru transmission and would have to be adjusted for your capacity

Hidenplanvew

THanks for bringing a thread back from the dead

mangogsr

i just changed my tranny fluid yesterday with Honda mtf. i went to my local Honda dealer and got 2 qt. for about $6.75. it was well worth it in my opinion. goes into gear as if it was brand new. highly recommended.


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hondabantondb1

what about ams oil? for the manual transmission?

PatrickGSR94

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Oh good gosh, stop worrying about what kind of mixtures to use and just use straight GM Synchromesh Friction Modified if you can get it, or Honda MTF.

I have been using straight SM FM since about 160K miles, and now have 320K+ miles on my original transmission, and it still shifts flawlessly.

DeCePtEgRa

I'm in total agreement if amsoil.com says it's ok to use it then don't see why you can't. Also both ALLDATA and Mitchell on-demand service programs used by professional technicians say it's recommend.

My brothers 5 spd 91 s10 called for ATF, by the above mentioned sources, he put a 80w95 weight gear oil listening to his know it all friend and messed his trans up. He was told by me before this to use ATF, but he'd rather listen to his friend and not a reputable source.

fastgsr1995

I don't know about everybody else but I get the Honda MTF for 6 bucks a quart

Tjw149

I'd recently did a flush myself. I started by just using GTX full synthetic 10w30. That lasted for about a week. It was really hard to put it in first gear and reverse.

So used 2 quarts of royal purple syncromax and the rest is Honda MTL. I notice its a world of a difference going from first to second, which is is particularity hard in tegs with over 140 (I'm at 175) on the clock. However as most of the fellow teg S80/Y80 trans owners know, reverse is a hit or miss and can take a few tries to fully go into gear. With the Royal Purple, goes in gear every time with ease. it took about a week for me to get the full effect of the fluid but it was well worth the additional $20 investment.
Another thing to consider when looking at car parts/fluids is select the brand which specializes in a few sale items. A example of this is K&N they really only make air, cabin air and oil filters. The way I see it, if they are around as long as they have, there is a reason, they have quality. Same goes for Royal Purple, theirs a reason why ppl swear by their fluids. Just my 2 cents.