I hope this is not a repost and I think it would be helpful to everyone if we had a specific thread pertaining to transmission fluids used and everyone's personal experience and reviews on their fluids.
My Evo just recently hit 17k miles and I changed the transmission fluid to a cocktail that my friend recommended to me and I'm not satisfied with the results. Both of us used 2quarts of Redline MT90 and 1quart of MTL.
Now for me, my car has always had issues shifting, especially 1-2, 2-3 during a cold start. The car would either grind if I shifted too quickly or be notchy. I would baby it until after it became warm, it would shift well, but I could still feel the notchiness somewhat.
Since my switch to the cocktail fluids, my car takes literally at least 10-20 minutes of highway driving for it to warm up. I baby shift and double clutch it when it's a cold start and driving through the city for 30 minutes literally improves little to nothing. I will say that once it is FULLY warmed up, it shifts like butter, I could not be happier. But I do NOT want to make this a necessity in order for me to enjoy shifting in my car and frankly I'm getting really irritated.
My friend however is a different story, his car takes less than 5 minutes to warm up, and shifts like butter afterwards. No issues. I'm considering taking my car to the dealership to have them check it out and fix it and this would be the second time I would have asked them too since I first bought my car around a year ago. Back then I took my car to them and they told me that the grinding was not serious enough for them to take the transmission apart. Now that I changed the fluids, I'm worried that they may either switch back to the OEM fluid and charge me, or void my warranty. I realize that the Redline fluids are heavier and it's normal to take longer to warm up, but this is ridiculous and the fact that my friend's Evo warms up in 5 minutes is pissing me off.
I just recently ordered the AMS underhood shifter bushings and are curious if this will help solve my shifting issues.
I'm also considering changing my fluids again, but not sure what to change it too. If anyone has any reviews on what fluids you used and your reviews, good or bad, I'm sure we'd all like to listen.
Thanks
My Evo just recently hit 17k miles and I changed the transmission fluid to a cocktail that my friend recommended to me and I'm not satisfied with the results. Both of us used 2quarts of Redline MT90 and 1quart of MTL.
Now for me, my car has always had issues shifting, especially 1-2, 2-3 during a cold start. The car would either grind if I shifted too quickly or be notchy. I would baby it until after it became warm, it would shift well, but I could still feel the notchiness somewhat.
Since my switch to the cocktail fluids, my car takes literally at least 10-20 minutes of highway driving for it to warm up. I baby shift and double clutch it when it's a cold start and driving through the city for 30 minutes literally improves little to nothing. I will say that once it is FULLY warmed up, it shifts like butter, I could not be happier. But I do NOT want to make this a necessity in order for me to enjoy shifting in my car and frankly I'm getting really irritated.
My friend however is a different story, his car takes less than 5 minutes to warm up, and shifts like butter afterwards. No issues. I'm considering taking my car to the dealership to have them check it out and fix it and this would be the second time I would have asked them too since I first bought my car around a year ago. Back then I took my car to them and they told me that the grinding was not serious enough for them to take the transmission apart. Now that I changed the fluids, I'm worried that they may either switch back to the OEM fluid and charge me, or void my warranty. I realize that the Redline fluids are heavier and it's normal to take longer to warm up, but this is ridiculous and the fact that my friend's Evo warms up in 5 minutes is pissing me off.
I just recently ordered the AMS underhood shifter bushings and are curious if this will help solve my shifting issues.
I'm also considering changing my fluids again, but not sure what to change it too. If anyone has any reviews on what fluids you used and your reviews, good or bad, I'm sure we'd all like to listen.
Thanks