RedLine lightweight GB oil stuffed my 3rd gear synchro!!

[tinkerbell]

mate, now i AM going to tell you to zip it!

get off your soap box about this, modifying cars is all about CHOICE.

do you think Mobile 1 just fell into my cars engine ? do you think i didnt make the choice to use a distilled water with Water Wetter in my alloy radiator? do you think the Redline oil in my gearbox was done because it was blue in colour?

no.

just because people dont NEED to get non-OEM fluids, does not mean they are wrong to CHOOSE these things.

sorry, fixed for you arrong, but IMO it is the same principle.

[aaronng]

sorry, fixed for you arrong, but IMO it is the same principle.

Thanks
In my opinion, OEM fluids are good enough to maintain a usable period between scheduled changes when run on the street. Of course, for a track machine it's different. Of course, I am guilty as well by using aftermarket engine oil. But as for coolant, diff, trans, clutch and brake fluids, OEM is good enough (unless it is for track of course).

[Slow96GSR]

Ya Tinkerbell until you are a Honda Certified mechanic and/or ASE Certified, (or your equivalent), I think I'll say what I want. A stock B20 in a Civic is still a stock B20! If it had aftermarket internals then it would be aftermarket modified and need the fluids the part manufactures recommend. Same with the tranny. Just because your tranny hasn’t blown doesn’t mean it won’t. Parts fail when parts fail, whether it’s in a day, a week, a year, 10 years, or never is up to the part and its environment. It’s like you all think by adding Red Line oil you all have an f’n racecar. “Yes, I go faster now and have 2,000,000 more hp because of this oil.” Get f’n real guys, it isn’t doing anything. I work on race cars all day, and stock cars. We have used plain oil and Red Line and the only difference is break down and temp ratings. The dyno showed no improvements. Not to mention the expense. At $55USD a case (12 bottles) it isn’t even worth it to my car to use it. And my motor would pay for any of your motors any day. I haven’t nor will I use Red Line in my car. I still don’t think I need it. So I will stand here on my soap box and say it for the 102nd time. A STOCK CAR DOES NOT NEED RED LINE, GO BUY OEM FLUIDS AND USE THOSE. THEY WORK JUST FINE. YOU WILL NOT GAIN ANYTHING BY USING RED LINE UNTIL YOU MOD THE CAR ENOUGH TO NEED IT. ALSO USE THE RIGHT FILLER HOLE!!!!

Red Line Water Weter does help lower temps, we are talking about oil and tranny fluid. I use the Water Weter too and do see lower temps, all 15%!!

[tinkerbell]

however, i believe you can run OEM fluids for the track, but probably not without increasing the fluid change intervals...

but IMO it should nearly always be aftermarket brake fluid for the track...

[tinkerbell]

LOL @ SlowGSR

nice rant, 7/10

[bennjamin]

ALSO USE THE RIGHT FILLER HOLE!!!!

summary of this thread IMO

If you use the breather hole to fill , you risk under filling the gearbox due to it being the wrong way to fill.
Fill via the VSS hole or via the actual fill hole located on the side of the diff housing guys n girls Then once filled, dip ur finger in and you should just feel the level right at the fill hole.