Transmission Fluid Change at 20k miles?
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Transmission Fluid Change at 20k miles?
Hey guys, just bought my '15 Evo GSR and was wondering if I should do this. I've heard the redline cocktail can make shifting feel a bit better? My shifting feels pretty damn notchy for twenty thousand miles. I feel like this should be pretty unnecessary for this amount of mileage.
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Direct drain and fill, nothing else. It definitely did. Most of my transmission is all original from 2008 with 155k miles on it, so it's pretty impressive stuff. Shifts good when cold, great when warmed up, and has no issues gliding into the next gear at 8000 RPM.
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CaptainCrunch (Apr 17, 2018)
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Alright, then I'm definitely gonna have to hop on this. The notchiness is bothersome for a trans with 20k miles. Also seems like maybe that clutch pill I keep reading about is causing some issues for me. It's almost like I'm getting gated out of reverse until I pump the clutch once and then it's totally fine.
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I honestly don't think it will help at all. I haven't seen any improvement in notch from changing trans oil when using factory oil.
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Yeah the factory transaxle oil is garbage. It's the only drivetrain fluid I do not use OEM. Transfercase, rear diff (x2) all are using the OEM stuff. But in the gearbox, any good manual transmission GL4 will be as good if not better. Especially Amsoil, Redline, etc. I've sworn by both in Mitsubishi transmissions.
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I just use a funnel for the transmission and even the t-case. Although I use a pump for both rear diff fluids. And the t-case would realistically be easier with a pump too lol
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No reason to buy the redline "cocktail". Redline makes MT85 now, which is the same as mixing the "cocktail" of MTL and MT90. I have MT90 shifts very nicely in the X trans.
For filling, I take the reverse light switch out, and fill through there, just pour it in the funnel. Have to take the little rubber breather off though so the case can breath as fluid goes in.
For filling, I take the reverse light switch out, and fill through there, just pour it in the funnel. Have to take the little rubber breather off though so the case can breath as fluid goes in.