100k service

[BigBen]

No wonder people are having trans issue with higher mileage Honda. If the factory say to change it at 100k km or more the trans oil is far too gone and all the additives has completely broken down. Fark it cost me $80.00 every time I fill the car with petrol. Its no brainer to spend $110.00 and do the trans fluid every 20-30k km.

All I can say that at 20,000km point I started getting a slight hesitation / thump when shifting in the morning when the tranny is still cold. The trans oil is possibly started to thickened.

Once I did the flush the slight thump (shifting from second to third) in the morning is all gone. All you can feel is the normal shifting from the auto tranny.

[EKVTIR-T]

the more you know

[Jasemas]

No wonder people are having trans issue with higher mileage Honda. If the factory say to change it at 100k km or more the trans oil is far too gone and all the additives has completely broken down. Fark it cost me $80.00 every time I fill the car with petrol. Its no brainer to spend $110.00 and do the trans fluid every 20-30k km.

All I can say that at 20,000km point I started getting a slight hesitation / thump when shifting in the morning when the tranny is still cold. The trans oil is possibly started to thickened.

Once I did the flush the slight thump (shifting from second to third) in the morning is all gone. All you can feel is the normal shifting from the auto tranny.

Remember for the first few minutes of driving in the morning, drive easy and quarter throttle
Need to let that ATF circulate

[afgmoh]

I'm getting my Euro serviced this Monday at Honda. $600ish+ approx job for the 120,000km service. For those interested in how much it is haha

[TheSaint]

does the trans fluid flush and change intervals that you guys recommend go for the MT as well as the AT?

[MR_LATE]

yes it does. i personally think mt should be more regular.

[Fredoops]

does the trans fluid flush and change intervals that you guys recommend go for the MT as well as the AT?

drain and fill every 2 years/20k-30k for auto? And the filter every 2 years?

[TheSaint]

yes it does. i personally think mt should be more regular.

what fluids are everyone else using? OEM?
i think the previous owner was using redline with a friction modifier

[stndrd]

Use Penrite full syn ATF

[BigBen]

OK here are a couple of pictures of a 9 months old 20,000km trans fluid looks like. I pour it back from the old container and use a clear bottle to show you the difference.

If you haven't figured it out the bottle on the left is new trans fluid and the one on the right is the old trans fluid.

Notice the old fluid still has a very slight red tint but its like a black coffee colour. I know colour shouldn't really makes a difference but it does make you wonder hey?

The images comes with WARNING THESE IMAGES CONTAINS CONTENT WHICH MAY OFFEND SOME VIEWERS

[BigBen]

Now imagine leave that crap in the tranny for up to 120,000km or more!!

[TheSaint]

has anyone done similar tests on manual trans?