Hey everyone. Long time lurker and finally decided to make an account. Picked up a 2008 Honda civic last week for a DD with 103k for 2350 out the door. Pays to work at a dealership haha. Noticed a delay in the transmission and was hesitant to use anything other than Dw1 fluid. Due to my work schedule the only time I could make it to a Honda dealer would be on a Monday and I have a bunch of other [censored] to do for the next couple of weeks. So after much research I decided to go with Castrol Import Multi-Vehicle. I decided against the Max Life due to not being available anywhere close in the gallon jug. I found 3 1 gallon jugs of Multi Vehicle for 19.99 at the Autozone so I went with it. Plug was extremely tight due to being in a salt belt and never being changed. Finally got it free, drained out black, 0.5 quarts low, with hardly any material on the plug. I did the drain-fill, drain-fill, drain-fill, method with a 15 minute idle and 5 minute highway drive in between. Delay is gone, and in my opinion the shifts are still as smooth. Not better or worse from what I have read on here. Win in my book. Only have a few miles on it but I will be putting more miles on it as I drive more to work so I will report back. I have 3 quarts left so I will probably change it for the last time when I change the oil in about 3,000 miles.
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