which gearbox oil should i use?

**ig3o** · 30-04-2009 02:10 PM

my gears r starting to get rough and doesnt go into gears sometimes.. and people been telling me to change my gearbox oil.. lol

any advice on which gearbox oil to use.. and how many mL or L do i need to buy

thanks

**JDM-EGG** · 30-04-2009 02:13 PM

haha geo u cac , use motul bro .. just buy like 4 litres should be enough , and save for next time

go to shift and buy it

or if u want use water

**aaronng** · 30-04-2009 02:29 PM

Use Honda MTF 06. You need about 2 litres for the manual gearbox.

**racerwannabe** · 30-04-2009 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by aaronng

Use Honda MTF 06. You need about 2 litres for the manual gearbox.

Agreed! after i changed mine gear shifts are much smoother and no more crunching.

**aaronng** · 30-04-2009 05:22 PM

And change every 2 years if possible too.

**mrwillz** · 30-04-2009 05:23 PM

2 years or how many km's, 40000?

i just changed mine not long ago, ended up using 2.1L or so.

**aaronng** · 30-04-2009 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by mrwillz

2 years or how many km's, 40000?

i just changed mine not long ago, ended up using 2.1L or so.

40000km is right according to the average driving distance. If you find you end up doing a bit more of 40000km in 2 years, I wouldn't worry too much with going past that. It's still better than Honda's service schedule which is over 100000km before you do anything with the transmission fluid.

**power_of_dreams** · 30-04-2009 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by aaronng

40000km is right according to the average driving distance. If you find you end up doing a bit more of 40000km in 2 years, I wouldn't worry too much with going past that. It's still better than Honda's service schedule which is over 100000km before you do anything with the transmission fluid.

I can't beleive that is their recommendation, so rediculous..

**aaronng** · 30-04-2009 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by power_of_dreams

I can't beleive that is their recommendation, so rediculous..

Just found it. Honda recommends that it is changed at 120000km / 6 years.
http://carservice.com.au/car-service...0349:thumbsup:

**Phased** · 30-04-2009 08:49 PM

At the 100,000km mark I'll probebly be changing mine to Royal Purple Gear oil. That's only because I used it in my old WRX and find it hard not to use it again (even though Honda's MTF is quite good). Shifting improves 3 fold, and gear transitions/noise is cut by half. Also I would rather know that during the 50,000km service interval it still performance as close as possible to the day I put it in there. I used to change the Mineral Oil (MTF 06) in my integra every 15,000kms and everytime I noticed a quite noticable differance in shift smoothness. If a differance in transmission oil is noticable then the fluid deteroriated over a fairly short period of time too much for my liking.

MTF is probebly more than sufficient. My only advice, stay far away from Penrite Products including the synthetic. I used both their Mineral and Synthetic in about 4 differant Honda's and all ended up shifting hard and grinding/notching into third at anything above 4000rpm. Would not go near their products again. Expessially considering Honda MTF at almost a third of the price, performed better...

Edit, awful spelling

**xxb4xx** · 30-04-2009 11:00 PM

Guys there is an oil out there I used with my straight cut gearbox.. Called NEO,

fuc@ing excellent stuff.. 120 for 4 litres.. So much better than motul and royal purple, ps redline shockproof is ok too

**Phased** · 30-04-2009 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by xxb4xx

Guys there is an oil out there I used with my straight cut gearbox.. Called NEO,

fuc@ing excellent stuff.. 120 for 4 litres..

I have heard mixed opinions on the "Neo Synthetics" product line. Some mechanics are very much against Neo (Engine oil in particular) as they have "narrowed it down" to causing some serious engine problems, in some of their skylines/wrx's. Having said that... I know a couple of people that use it with no problems...

Originally Posted by xxb4xx

So much better than motul and royal purple, ps redline shockproof is ok too

Firstly, How exactly is it "so much better" than motul/royal purple? Are you an e-mechanic that reads posts of people saying "OMG xxx oil is the best, because the company targets the high end market and they say its the best"?

Do you have any proof of this? Have you actually compared all the oils? If you have you must have fairly deep pockets and change much more often than recommended drain intervals...

I'm not saying that it necessarily isn't better, or you havn't tried it. However, a post like the one above isn't very helpful to the original poster when all you write is an inane opinion.

To be honest, If I was willing to spend the extra/go to the extra effort to purchase it. I would be using Amsoil. No questions. However, I enjoy my discount/5 minute drive to get Royal Purple