Originally posted by rkneeshaw3.0:
I can't say it was the fluid for sure, but I do know that at about 90k miles on my tranny I had no problems. Switched to the Mobil 1 coctail and 3k miles later my 3rd gear starts to grind on quick shifts, which steadily over the following month or two it got worse to the point I had to match revs before engaging 3rd without a grind. I dunno, maybe it was coincidence.




that sounds like a reasonable assumption to come to

what were you using before?


could switching to synthetic ATX pose some of the same problems like if you switch to synthetic motor oil, if there is a problem it will make it worse?

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