DC5S gearbox woes

[Waggy]

This is a well known problem - it's all over the yankee sites. The fix is to change your gearbox oil to something a little bit better than Honda stuff.

I only just recently changed my trans oil to Redline MTF and it got rid of all of my gearbox problems instantly (I noticed on the second shift ie: third gear). I was having the exact problems you are describing.

Once you've changed it to a better oil, all you need to do to prevent this from happening is change your gearbox oil more regularly. As soon as you feel something notching or grinding again, change it.

[T-onedc2]

....Once you've changed it to a better oil, all you need to do to prevent this from happening is change your gearbox oil more regularly. As soon as you feel something notching or grinding again, change it.

Approximately how often in your experience have you found it necessary to change the fluid?

[Waggy]

Approximately how often in your experience have you found it necessary to change the fluid?

I've only recently bought my Type S... so I can't answer your question, sorry.

I've been told every 30,000-40,000kms is about where it needs another change, we'll see how the Redline goes (it's called MTL too, not MTF - my mistake) though, it's a full synthetic so it should be good for at least that many kms. At $128 a bottle locally, I'm in no hurry to change it.