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    EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT Driveline Fluid MegaMerge

    just swapped tranny fluid at roughly 15,000 miles Â*, and anyone who has not done this needs to, its very easy and the end result is a greatly improved Â*shift transition ,smoother overall ride, and butter soft gear selection Â*. Â*definently a must.
    i used bg syncroshift
    special thanks to GT40 for his post on this subject located in tech articles and how to's

    trinydex: please change your tranny fluid after each track event. these fluids, particularly engine oil and transmission oil BREAK DOWN WITH HEAT. a track day is ALL HEAT for those two parts and those two parts are ALWAYS MOVING. that means your tranny is ALWAYS MOVING which means if there is weak fluid in there, you're DOING DAMAGE!

    the number ONE reason for lubrication, the ONLY reason for lubrication is because of HEAT! if there were no heat generated, if there were no friction, if there were no heat stress wear, there would be no reason for lubricants. so when your lubricants FAIL to stop the heat, when they're too thin because they're too broken down, YOU'RE DOING DAMAGE!

    basic picture is this. engine oil gets too thin, less lubricity, engine runs hotter, pistons want to melt, detonation wants to blow it all apart. tranny oil gets too hot, gears no longer getting lubricity, gears heat up even more, gears want to warp and expand out of spec. all bad.

    finally PLEASE READ ALL THE PAGES, the bs has been snipped out already.

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    tranny fluid change experiance

    I did this at 3000 miles. That smooth feeling only lasts a couple thousand miles though. It is worth it I agree. It's good to clean out all the crud.
    I have three un opened bottles of BG syncroshift. Thats enough to change your trans oil. If anyone wants them they can have them for free. You just have to pick them up.
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    tranny fluid change experiance

    Quote Originally Posted by Gear Grinder
    I did this at 3000 miles. That smooth feeling only lasts a couple thousand miles though. It is worth it I agree. It's good to clean out all the crud.
    I have three un opened bottles of BG syncroshift. Thats enough to change your trans oil. If anyone wants them they can have them for free. You just have to pick them up.
    PM me if interested.
    you got PM!

    I need to do this... I don't know if it will get rid of the 2nd to 3rd problem everyone and their momma is having..

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    tranny fluid change experiance

    It takes about 10 minutes without knowing what you are doing. Change it frequently. The mag drain bolt on my sig is after 7k... look at all the metal...
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    Redline Shockproof Gear Oil in Rear Diff and Warranty

    Looks like a dealer is trying to void my warranty for having Redline Shockproof gear oil in my rear differential. I'll post updates.

    I already know that if they do deny warrantable repair i will fight it, but damn...pissses me off that they will find each and every way to blame the owner for a manufacturing defect before they get to the heart of the problem. Grrr....

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    Re: Redline Shockproof Gear Oil in Rear Diff and Warranty

    Quote Originally Posted by kimletrim
    Looks like a dealer is trying to void my warranty for having Redline Shockproof gear oil in my rear differential. I'll post updates.

    I already know that if they do deny warrantable repair i will fight it, but damn...pissses me off that they will find each and every way to blame the owner for a manufacturing defect before they get to the heart of the problem. Grrr....
    What a bunch of asses, the manual clearly states GL-4 or GL-5 certified. Show them the manual.
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    Redline Shockproof Gear Oil in Rear Diff and Warranty

    Exactly..I checked the manual first and even brought this to their attention and their response was. the manual is basically worthless...we have a TSB that says only Mitsu fluids are acceptable. BS

    Won't go into full details quite yet..seeing what stealership is going to do since the car is still there (wait, one of the techs took it home to road test it). We'll see.

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    Redline Shockproof Gear Oil in Rear Diff and Warranty

    What crap ass dealer is this?

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    Redline Shockproof Gear Oil in Rear Diff and Warranty

    Hes in the SFV so '[m assuming it be Miller Mitsubishi on Van Nuys (Where I bought my car) ...

    Or he could of went to Glendale Mitsubishi or even as far as Thousand Oaks Mitsubishi (I got here for my service) ....

    Lets wait and see what happens ...
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    Redline Shockproof Gear Oil in Rear Diff and Warranty

    TO mitsu seems to be a little more easy going (at least when i talked to them about intake/exhaust)

    but i could be wrong.
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    Redline Shockproof Gear Oil in Rear Diff and Warranty

    Try to by some "factory spec" fluids at their parts counter most dealerships don't even stock them

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    Redline Shockproof Gear Oil in Rear Diff and Warranty

    That is what I am talking about...went to dealer and they said none in stock, we only get them in the 5 gallon containers...wtf am I going to do with 5 gallons?

    Anyways, got car back from dealer and I paid to get stock fluids put back in and guess what, the chattering at low speed corners is gone. I guess there is something to be said for the stock fluids in our driveline. Weird, never had any problems withe my AWD Eclipse with BG sychro and Redline.

    Lesson: Stick with stock fluids to be safe. ( I am hoping my differentials are OK as well as my transfercase)

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    Redline Shockproof Gear Oil in Rear Diff and Warranty

    Nah you just forgot to ad the friction modifier to the rear dif fluid...without it the read clutch packs "chatter" the factory lube comes with it included (or your dealer put it in and didn't tell you.

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    engaging into 2nd gear

    anyone having probs on 05 evo 5spd, engaging into 2nd. This seems to happen at slow speeds, and yes the clutch is completely pressed in. I've heard of 4th gear on 03-04's but just curious if im the only one.

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    engaging into 2nd gear

    any attempt at double clutching? does it help any? or is this just when going from 1st to 2nd gear?
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    engaging into 2nd gear

    I think is the cold Weather
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    engaging into 2nd gear

    Yeah my 03 has trouble engaging into 2nd when my operating temps are cold. The shifting improves once the engine is warm.

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    engaging into 2nd gear

    Yep, the Evo is a bit cranky when it's cold. More so when shifting at lower rpms while grannying to warm up. Make sure to apply pressure to the left when doing the 1-2. Just have to put up with it, think Ferrari (cranky bastards when cold).

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    engaging into 2nd gear

    I sometimes end up shifting slower than usual when going into second, it seems to help.

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    engaging into 2nd gear

    pretty much all MT cars, when cold, dont shift as well. changing to better trany fluids do help, but in general, wait for the transaxle and engine oil temps to warm before getting aggressive on your driving

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