I plan to change my oil and change my tranny fuild next week. How often should you change ur tranny fuild? How many quarts goes in ur B tranny?

BTW-Password JDM magnetic drain plugs for oil and tranny

 

30k, 2.3qts.

 

any one else?

 

if you see high rpms more, change more frequently.

 

Drain it at 10k send it in to get an oil analysis done and then you can determine how long you can go on the drain intervals.

Right now I'm using Amsoil 5w30 'MTF synchromesh' shifts like butter and shifts better than the Redline MTL i had in before.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chrisw85 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Drain it at 10k send it in to get an oil analysis done and then you can determine how long you can go on the drain intervals.

Right now I'm using Amsoil 5w30 'MTF synchromesh' shifts like butter and shifts better than the Redline MTL i had in before.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Where can you get that stuff?

 

at GM its 10$ a quart

 

You can get Amsoil 5w30 MTF synchromesh from your local amsoil distributor. I buy mine from a local store who carries amsoil.

or try contacting the guy here: http://cablespeed.com/~pabloma....html

 

bump

 

we answered your question. Why are you bumping?

There is no magical answer. It's not like this fluid changes form over 6 months.

higher rpms = more work for brass synchros to match gear speed. Brass doesn't stick to in-case transmission magnet.



if you drove from miami to achorage, you'd stay in 5th gear for 95% of the time. This 3000 miles or whatever wouldn't put as much "strain" as 200 miles of tracking + romping around neighborhoods.

on my rebuilt trans I used 10w-30 for the first 500 miles. then drained it out and put another 10w-30 for another 150 miles. It's been 250-300 miles since that flush, I'll be putting 10w-30 in again for the next flush. And keep doing this until i stop seeing brass flakes from virgin synchros.

 

Bense knows trannys

 

GM sycomesh is a different vicosity then what honda recomends in the tranny, will using a higher vicosity result in less transmissions grind? sorry if this is tread jacking i was just always curious

 

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excellent point. I've never thought about it. It's probably just a slightly thicker oil. Do you know what it's rated it by any chance?

 

I always thought it seemed thinner, and I heard somewhere it was synthetic... any detailed info on this? 'I've been rocking it for 6k miles and I've been grinding some lately might put in some fresh synchromesh next oil change...

 

I thought this would be a diy you fooled me.

 

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hahah

 

i know that honda recomends 10w-30 or 10w-40 for the manual trans but i dont know what sycomesh is rated

 

most honda transmissions require a fluid with about 11cSt @ 100C, thats about what the Honda MTL/MTF is rated at when new, but the honda fluid is known to shear quite quickly judging by some of the oil analysis i've seen.

The Amsoil MTF is rated at about 9.4 cSt @ 100C.

Specialty Formulations has MTL-P which is rated at 11.3cSt @100C, so this might be a better choice. In a colder climate, get a slightly thinner fluid.

 

lololollolol... I'm not alone!

 

i use mobil1 5w30 for my tranny. today though, i put penzzoil 5w30 in it because i didnt want to spend $6 a quart for mobil1. with mobil1 5w30, i never noticed any problems.

 

well i just changed mmy tranny fluid this weekend.i used gm synchromesh friction modified.$1193 quart.bought three but needed only 2.before this when my car is rolling and i put it in 1st gear it would have a slight grind and 3rd will in high rpm's.after i installed this instantly it didnt grind in any gear whatsoever.and shifts are nice and smooth.

 

so you should really change your tranny fluid at 30K intervals????

 

I just started using GM syncromesh and it got rid of my 3rd to 4th gear grind...but i was told that it should should be mixed with a 5w-30, any info on this?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EM199dcs &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so you should really change your tranny fluid at 30K intervals????</TD></TR></TABLE>

its recomended to do so every 30k miles or every 2 years, just like an oil change is recomended at 3k, but if you go over that mark you should be alright

 

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its recomended to do so every 30k miles or every 2 years, just like an oil change is recomended at 3k, but if you go over that mark you should be alright</TD></TR></TABLE>

I will change mine then what MTF is recomended?