i kno this was discussed before.. but can anyone tell me how to check for the shavings in the tranny fluid as some of the other evo owners have found??? my tranny is feeling a lil bit blah... just wondering if i had some shavings in it or something.... your reply would be appreciated thx =)

 

Remove the drain plugs and drain the fluids, the plugs have magnets built into them to catch shavings that naturally occur in all transmissions, transfer cases/differentials. Metal shavings are normal especially in a new car, but chunks of metal (at least 1-2 mm square or larger) are not, if you can drop it on a table and hear it bounce, that's what I would call a chunk.
I just changed my fluids today see this post for details, https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...threadid=30389

I had plenty of fine shavings but no chunks.

 

I've had many cars with a manual transmission and all I've ever found on the magnetic drain plug has been a fuzz of metal where the drain plug magnet looks like its a furry catipillar, for the lack of a better description. Anything much more than that would bother me. I also like to use Amsoil gear oil in a manual transmission. It was the only thing that would keep a Saab transmission alive.

 

I had chunks of metals stuck on my tranny magnet. Brought it back to dealer and they assured me that everything is fine. They even talked to the pple at DSM.

Ben