zeroptzero
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- Joey
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My car is less than 2 months old, with about 2k kms on it, and I have found the tranny to bit crunchy in 2nd gear when cold. It has never grinded, it just feels less than perfect when changing into 2nd gear in cold temp use. This is mostly during low rpm shifts I have seen this with other Hondas, and I was able to improve it before by running Amsoil Sychromesh.
I decided to swap out the factory fluid today for Amsoil Sychromesh 5w-30 vis. tranny fluid. It was super easy to do, I dumped the factory fluid and put in 2 bottles (quarts) of Amsoil tranny fluid. I didn't remove the air box, I just pulled off the air box lid and I used an extension to reach the fill bolt out. This saved some time compared to other methods I've seen on videos. An extended funnel worked great. The worst part is removing the lower engine shield, I hate that thing. My battery powered Milwaukee impact gun made short work removing the fill and drain bolts, zipped them off with ease. I got the car lifted with low profile car ramps for access, which were so easy to get the car lifted (8 inches) . No need to use the 2-jack method and no jack stands needed, though I have lots of jackstands and jacks that I could use. Fill and drain bolts torqued to spec on reinstallation.
Initial results seem to indicate this fluid works well, even in frigid cold temps it feels good right off the bat. It can take a few days of driving to get the fluid totally homogenous as some old fluid remains in the tranny, so it has to mix with the new fluid. It also takes a bit of time to get the new fluid to plate up on the tranny parts.
So far the tranny feels better cold and hot. The Amsoil is a thicker fluid but it works well when cold with it being a full synthetic, the Honda MTF2 may not be full synthetic even though it is a thinner fluid. I think the LSD will work better with this fluid too, diffs always wear less with thicker fluids. My first test drive with the Amsoil fluid was in -10 degree C weather, which is pretty cold. The factory fluid that came out had quite a bit of glitter to it from metal wear. I was surprised by the amount of glitter with so low mileage, but it was likely from break-in which tends to exhibit heavier wear at first.
On two days of driving I like it better than the stock fluid. It feels good cold and hot.
I decided to swap out the factory fluid today for Amsoil Sychromesh 5w-30 vis. tranny fluid. It was super easy to do, I dumped the factory fluid and put in 2 bottles (quarts) of Amsoil tranny fluid. I didn't remove the air box, I just pulled off the air box lid and I used an extension to reach the fill bolt out. This saved some time compared to other methods I've seen on videos. An extended funnel worked great. The worst part is removing the lower engine shield, I hate that thing. My battery powered Milwaukee impact gun made short work removing the fill and drain bolts, zipped them off with ease. I got the car lifted with low profile car ramps for access, which were so easy to get the car lifted (8 inches) . No need to use the 2-jack method and no jack stands needed, though I have lots of jackstands and jacks that I could use. Fill and drain bolts torqued to spec on reinstallation.
Initial results seem to indicate this fluid works well, even in frigid cold temps it feels good right off the bat. It can take a few days of driving to get the fluid totally homogenous as some old fluid remains in the tranny, so it has to mix with the new fluid. It also takes a bit of time to get the new fluid to plate up on the tranny parts.
So far the tranny feels better cold and hot. The Amsoil is a thicker fluid but it works well when cold with it being a full synthetic, the Honda MTF2 may not be full synthetic even though it is a thinner fluid. I think the LSD will work better with this fluid too, diffs always wear less with thicker fluids. My first test drive with the Amsoil fluid was in -10 degree C weather, which is pretty cold. The factory fluid that came out had quite a bit of glitter to it from metal wear. I was surprised by the amount of glitter with so low mileage, but it was likely from break-in which tends to exhibit heavier wear at first.
On two days of driving I like it better than the stock fluid. It feels good cold and hot.
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