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Just put the lightweight shockproof redline oil into my gearbox today. Now I can easily change to 2nd gear when the car is cold. But, I feel crunches for 1st, 2nd and 3rd gear, even when the car is warm. I think that it's worser than before. The crunches is absolutly noticeable.

The old oil that drain out from the gearbox is something like auto transmission oil.

What happen to my gearbox that react with the redline oil like this? any ideas?

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Give it an easy 1000km+ before you make up your final decision on the Redline Oil.

For the first few days I was like "mannn i paid $100 for this stuff".... but now 5000+ km on and its the best $100 I've spent on my car.

yeah give it a good 1000km or so.

i used to get crunches into 2nd, they went away after about a week of driving after putting in lightweight shockproof. then about a month later, shifts became nice and easy, i have a short shift kit and shifts used to be really tight, too tight, now its just nice.

Yes, maybe the clutch adjustment problem. Everytime when I change gears, I will depress the clutch pedal all the way down. But, I only need to release it a little bit and the clutch start to engage.(car start to move)

And I found that the clutch fluid level is in the middle of the "max" and "min" mark. Should I put more clutch fluid in it? And what sort of fluid should I use to top up? Can it mix with different brands?

Or should I change all the fluid? if so, how to do it?

Thanks!

What I tend to do as a standard to my car is that " If the item and or fliud is unknown best to change it with a known item."

This way I am able to control what goes into the car and not to worry anymore. In the case of clutch and brake fliud fresh is best naturally. If the fluid has been sitting around in the garage or in a car for a few years they tend to absorb water leading to corrosion in the lines down the track.

MoonButt

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Hmm, perhaps you should have used Redline MTL or MT90. They are the ones that were designed from the start to give you better shifting, not Shockproof (even tho it does a good job too).

If it was ATF, it does give good shifting being really a hell thin viscocity, but it ****s up your box pretty badly after a while, because ATF does not contain the proper extreme additive protection that gears require.

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