Hi all,
I've had been having a reoccuring grind trying to go into 3rd gear when in WOT and at higher rpms. I guess the sychro was beginning to go bad...I had asked if anyone knew of a fluid that would help this problem...(my stock fluid had NEVER been changed in 78K miles!...I purchsed the car @ ~60K). I got suggestions of redline MTL & MT-90 and BG, etc....but I hadn't heard too much about these products really helping the tranny feel like "butter." Just the name. (Just my observations...no pun intended)
I remember one individual on this forum (not to name any names *cough-nsxtasy-cough*) who told me there's no helpful fluid for this problem and I'm looking at a $$$$ repair with no way around it....he had the same issue before in his X.
....in comes the "magical snake oil", a quote from Andy V. who incidentally stated I "deserved" to have sychro problems
...and that magical oil is called GM sychromesh folks ![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
...I can just speak for FACTS here...my third gear synchro was showing the beginning signs of going out...grinding in only the most extreme driving scenerio's. A little notchiness going into fifth too. I very much appreciate whomever it was who forwarded the thread on honda-tech.com for me to follow. It appears these guys swear by this fluid...so I tried it out.
There are two types....the "GM Synchromesh transimission fluid" and "GM synchromesh Friction Modified" ....the first one comes in a cylindrical container the latter one comes in a container which is exactly like a motor oil container....the motor oil container (Friction Modified one) is the really good stuff. Some people just use only the friction modified one. I personally used one bottle of the regular sychromesh and two bottles of the sychromesh friction modified....
Result : Absolutely NO grinding going into 3rd and NO notchiness for fifth ever. I could tell this right away...I was purposely easy on the tranny for a day or two just to let it fully coat and break in (if there's even a break in process to be had) and wala...new transmission. This is NOT psychological, I literally TRIED to make the tranny grind just to see/verify its working. Wide open throttle, drag racing shifts, powershifts, downshifts, redlines shifts of course...everything, like butter! It shifts better than my friends' with a 93' with only 9K original miles on it...and he's the orginal owner and has a perfect example. I know of several honda guys who've had this for years in their trannies with NO additional signs of wear or tear over the factory Honda MTL. I HIGHLY recommend this fluid to anyone who has even the slightest notchiness, grinding, or even a flawless transmission...proven here first folks...the NSX community has a "magic snake oil."
NSXTASY : I don't know if the nature of your transmission problems at the time were truly the same as mine or more severe...but if they were remotely similar I have NO DOUBT in my mind that the GM sychromesh friction modified fluid would have helped you, if not, solved your problem completely. Its been three weeks now and as i said before...shifts better than new.
![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I've had been having a reoccuring grind trying to go into 3rd gear when in WOT and at higher rpms. I guess the sychro was beginning to go bad...I had asked if anyone knew of a fluid that would help this problem...(my stock fluid had NEVER been changed in 78K miles!...I purchsed the car @ ~60K). I got suggestions of redline MTL & MT-90 and BG, etc....but I hadn't heard too much about these products really helping the tranny feel like "butter." Just the name. (Just my observations...no pun intended)
I remember one individual on this forum (not to name any names *cough-nsxtasy-cough*) who told me there's no helpful fluid for this problem and I'm looking at a $$$$ repair with no way around it....he had the same issue before in his X.
....in comes the "magical snake oil", a quote from Andy V. who incidentally stated I "deserved" to have sychro problems
...I can just speak for FACTS here...my third gear synchro was showing the beginning signs of going out...grinding in only the most extreme driving scenerio's. A little notchiness going into fifth too. I very much appreciate whomever it was who forwarded the thread on honda-tech.com for me to follow. It appears these guys swear by this fluid...so I tried it out.
There are two types....the "GM Synchromesh transimission fluid" and "GM synchromesh Friction Modified" ....the first one comes in a cylindrical container the latter one comes in a container which is exactly like a motor oil container....the motor oil container (Friction Modified one) is the really good stuff. Some people just use only the friction modified one. I personally used one bottle of the regular sychromesh and two bottles of the sychromesh friction modified....
Result : Absolutely NO grinding going into 3rd and NO notchiness for fifth ever. I could tell this right away...I was purposely easy on the tranny for a day or two just to let it fully coat and break in (if there's even a break in process to be had) and wala...new transmission. This is NOT psychological, I literally TRIED to make the tranny grind just to see/verify its working. Wide open throttle, drag racing shifts, powershifts, downshifts, redlines shifts of course...everything, like butter! It shifts better than my friends' with a 93' with only 9K original miles on it...and he's the orginal owner and has a perfect example. I know of several honda guys who've had this for years in their trannies with NO additional signs of wear or tear over the factory Honda MTL. I HIGHLY recommend this fluid to anyone who has even the slightest notchiness, grinding, or even a flawless transmission...proven here first folks...the NSX community has a "magic snake oil."
NSXTASY : I don't know if the nature of your transmission problems at the time were truly the same as mine or more severe...but if they were remotely similar I have NO DOUBT in my mind that the GM sychromesh friction modified fluid would have helped you, if not, solved your problem completely. Its been three weeks now and as i said before...shifts better than new.