I went to the local Jiffy Lube yeseterday because I hate acura dealers out here. Anyways I was going to have them flush my tranny and refill it. They told me they couldn't because it takes a special fluid...??? I figured any 10w-30 would work...am I wrong? They recommended going to my dealer to have it done, which I don't really want to do. If anyone can tell me what fluid is best I will pick up some and just do it myself. Thanks guys...

 

Honda MTF

Screw dealers and Jiffy-Lube


[Modified by Jason Franza, 10:44 AM 7/17/2002]

 

OEM, nothing else..

 

yes, tech. any 10w-30 will work, but here we go agian....synthetic vs. regular. i use castrol syntact (100% synthetic). my motor has 59k on it.

 

He's asking about his tranny, not his motor.

 

my friend put Redline in his CRX, and it made a HUGE difference, shifting was silky smooth. However when I put it in mine, I didnt notice any difference. Im stickin to OEM Honda from now on.

 

Honda MTF. And change it yourself

 

Thank you guys.

 

Castrol 10w-30 in the tranny works great.

 

i talking about tranny. i used castrol synthetic tranny fliud. you can actually feel a smoother transition when shifting

 

Get one of thouse pumps you put in the MTF bottle. Makes filling the tranny 10x easier.

 

About how many Qts does it take. I suppose I could look in my owners manual, but I like communicating with other R owners instead.

 

10w-30 in the tranny? Okay man, whatever floats your boat...

Jason-
who uses around 3-3.2 quarts when filling the tranny...


[Modified by Jason Franza, 10:57 AM 7/17/2002]

 

fill it to the lip of the filler opening...id so no more than 2.5-3 qts

 

2.2-2.3 unless you have had the case open.

Honda MTF =

 

hey...i just did it due to positve results from friends. i don't know what is the best, just thought i'd share what works good for me. if you think or know something better, or think this will hurt me in the longrun, please let me know. thanks

 

For me:

Honda MTF = wouldn't go into 3rd gear at High RPM
Castrol 10w-30 = goes into 3rd gear at High RPM

 

could that be more related to a tranny problem??

 

Nah. The sychros were fine. I shift alot at high rpm so a lighter fluid helps.

 

Much to everyone's "comical delight", I have owned three R, and one other B-series powered car. Before the first tranny flush on my first R, I had believed that motor oil, 5w-30, was okay. Before the "conversion" to MTF, I had always experienced a slight "hum" from the tranny. After experiencing an MTF-equipped tranny since, there have been no unexpected noises, and both of the R trannies shift nice and smooth. Both are also track cars, one having just turned 25k miles.

Jason, aka car dealer/stunna/show car boy/terminator/wholesaler/moneybags who is starving at the moment.

 

so, i should be fine w/ what i'm using. correct?

 

LOL. I agree with all but Terminator.

-Dave, who is building a show car ( ) which will see some drag duty (a wittle) and selling off all his **** soon.. oh the dream to be like jason and sell ****

 

LMAO, you'll never guess who coined that name for me, Dave...

 

Agree with that...I'd like to see someone try and tilt that bottle and get any tranny fluid in. I rigged up my own tranny fluid "tube" so that I could easy change my fluid, but your right, it would be a bizzzatch to get the fluid in without a pump of some sort.

Honda MTF =




[Modified by 401-2001, 11:32 AM 7/17/2002]