6 speed + non oem fluid = bye bye tranny

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Aug 3, 2006 | 02:46 PM

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NoTec

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Driver gingerly for awhile. Don't beat on it while it's cold. You can also go through the gears slowly and double-clutch to get your drivetrain warmed up.

A good rule of thumb is your drivetrain is warmed up once your engine oil is warmed up, but usually under the assumption that you're not just idling, but actually driving around to warm everything up.

+1 on the warm up

Most athletes dont take the field or court and go ***** out without warming up first. Why not apply that to your car. Only seems logical.

Aug 3, 2006 | 03:10 PM

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How are you supposed to warm up your drive train fluids?

There are some gears/shafts spinning even while in neutral idling, so the tranny fluid does warm up a small amount while the engine is warming up. It is probably best to be easy on the drivetrain for the first 5 minutes of driving (no 6k dumps!)

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Aug 3, 2006 | 03:13 PM

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How are you supposed to warm up your drive train fluids?

Move the shifter back and forth left to right in neutral as fast as you can for a good 2 or 3 minutes, that should do the trick.

Aug 3, 2006 | 03:18 PM

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go with penzoil syncromesh......shifts like butter

Yeah, until this happens to you. $4571 out the window.

Aug 3, 2006 | 03:23 PM

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yeah, i'd consider 90 degrees ambient, warmed up for about any fluid.

sure, you don't start and go out and drop the clutch, you run a few laps at lower speed, gotta heat the tires up.

Aug 3, 2006 | 03:38 PM

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Yeah, until this happens to you. $4571 out the window.

Youch! Keep in mind the 6 speed MR tranny is alot weaker (structurally) than the 5 speed.

Aug 3, 2006 | 03:45 PM

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How are you supposed to warm up your drive train fluids?

yea, i go by the temp...if it goes up 1/4 from 0 then i think its warmed up...however my evo warms up way faster than my other car[96corolla] and so other new cars civic, tc.