Tranny oil frequency
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Tranny oil frequency
I was watching "VTEC" club and they were interviewing the owner of Spoon. He says that tranny oil should be changed with the engine oil.
Does that seem excessive? I would think he would know more than most if not all honda mechanics, and personally I would trust him more than the engineer himself.
Any thoughts?
Does that seem excessive? I would think he would know more than most if not all honda mechanics, and personally I would trust him more than the engineer himself.
Any thoughts?
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No, unless you have a S2k with the GM sychromesh friction modified oil in the tranny. It only lasts for about 5k, IMO. and most good synthetic motor oils will go at least that long. So changing them at the same time makes sense. To me anyway
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Since you trust him more than any of the engineers, why are you asking this question of a bunch of "ordinary Joes"? Your mind is made up: you'll be changing the transmission oil with every oil cange.
It's your money: spend it the way the owner of Spoon tells you to!
It's your money: spend it the way the owner of Spoon tells you to!
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yeah, i always change the tranny oil when i do the engine oil. for the last 3 times, ive done the diff oil too...why not...its not that much extra work
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Changing the tranny fluid usually has a placebo effect.
In the olden days we changed plugs and points regularly to ensure we always had peak power, and to give us some manly car stuff to be doing, but with maintenance reduced so much on modern cars guys have found other ways to spend their time and macho money.
There's not a tranny fluid out there that wears out in only 5k miles. I have run my GM synchromesh for close to 30k now with no degradation of service. IT IS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS STUFF! and really eliminated all the notchiness of the stock fluids.
In the olden days we changed plugs and points regularly to ensure we always had peak power, and to give us some manly car stuff to be doing, but with maintenance reduced so much on modern cars guys have found other ways to spend their time and macho money.
There's not a tranny fluid out there that wears out in only 5k miles. I have run my GM synchromesh for close to 30k now with no degradation of service. IT IS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS STUFF! and really eliminated all the notchiness of the stock fluids.
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Originally Posted by Wildncrazy' date='Mar 27 2007, 10:43 AM
There's not a tranny fluid out there that wears out in only 5k miles. I have run my GM synchromesh for close to 30k now with no degradation of service. IT IS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS STUFF! and really eliminated all the notchiness of the stock fluids.
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Originally Posted by S2000GT' date='Mar 26 2007, 06:35 PM
yeah, i always change the tranny oil when i do the engine oil. for the last 3 times, ive done the diff oil too...why not...its not that much extra work
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Originally Posted by RedY2KS2k' date='Mar 26 2007, 06:28 PM
Since you trust him more than any of the engineers, why are you asking this question of a bunch of "ordinary Joes"? Your mind is made up: you'll be changing the transmission oil with every oil cange.
It's your money: spend it the way the owner of Spoon tells you to!
It's your money: spend it the way the owner of Spoon tells you to!