Good evening all,
Some of you may recall my post where I replaced the transmission oil in my wife's '02 Mitsu Lancer 5-speed (as well as the diff oil on my '07 Tundra). I used AMSOil MTG, as recommended by AMSOil which meets 75W-90 GL4 required per the manual. Car has 74,000 miles.
I test drove it for about 120 miles across two warm days - 80 deg F or so. I was pleased! Butter-like shifting. My wife even noticed and commented how buttery it was.
Well, this morning, it was about 50 degrees or so. I get a text message about 9am from the wife saying she was having trouble getting into first gear and that it was very hard to shift other gears. I call and get clarification - she didn't need two hands, but noted it was acting difficult, much like our '97 GT Mustang with the abysmal Borg Warner T45 5-speed. As the car warmed up, shift quality improved.
This car has always had poor cold-weather shift quality. On the factory fill, it got very difficult to shift in weather below freezing. I expected MTG would have improved this poor cold weather shifting.
Oil fill/drain plugs still in place and no signs of leaks.
My questions:
1) Is MTG the correct stuff? Are Mitsu Lancer 5-speeds perhaps not perfectly compatible with MTG? Is it too slick, perhaps and she's fighting synchros that won't synchro?
2) Am I incorrect in thinking that MTG should have improved cold weather shift quality?
3) Where do I go from here? Obviously, if she's unhappy at 50 degrees, she'll be unhappy in Winter here when we can see single digits. She'll be hijacking my truck and I'll be driving the Lancer to work!!!
Aaaah! The horror! I'm kidding, of course.
Thanks much,
ben
Some of you may recall my post where I replaced the transmission oil in my wife's '02 Mitsu Lancer 5-speed (as well as the diff oil on my '07 Tundra). I used AMSOil MTG, as recommended by AMSOil which meets 75W-90 GL4 required per the manual. Car has 74,000 miles.
I test drove it for about 120 miles across two warm days - 80 deg F or so. I was pleased! Butter-like shifting. My wife even noticed and commented how buttery it was.
Well, this morning, it was about 50 degrees or so. I get a text message about 9am from the wife saying she was having trouble getting into first gear and that it was very hard to shift other gears. I call and get clarification - she didn't need two hands, but noted it was acting difficult, much like our '97 GT Mustang with the abysmal Borg Warner T45 5-speed. As the car warmed up, shift quality improved.
This car has always had poor cold-weather shift quality. On the factory fill, it got very difficult to shift in weather below freezing. I expected MTG would have improved this poor cold weather shifting.
Oil fill/drain plugs still in place and no signs of leaks.
My questions:
1) Is MTG the correct stuff? Are Mitsu Lancer 5-speeds perhaps not perfectly compatible with MTG? Is it too slick, perhaps and she's fighting synchros that won't synchro?
2) Am I incorrect in thinking that MTG should have improved cold weather shift quality?
3) Where do I go from here? Obviously, if she's unhappy at 50 degrees, she'll be unhappy in Winter here when we can see single digits. She'll be hijacking my truck and I'll be driving the Lancer to work!!!
Thanks much,
ben
