I change the manual transmission fluid in my Fit every 15,000 miles with genuine MTF. The shifting gets notchy much before that as the car is used for about eight three-mile trips per day with one four or more hour round trip per month. It is mainly used in first and second gears, third is used maybe twice a day. I have not been able to find a reliable source for Redline, Amsoil, or Motul transmission fluid.
My online parts jobber, owned by the same company as Napa Auto Parts, offers a Pentosin DCT fluid. Their seriously lacking online description lists it as Triptronic (I think they mean Tiptronic) fluid for DSG transmissions. Since VW/Audi/Seat are the most popular European cars in Mexico and the only ones that call their gearboxes 'DSG', I'll assume it is Pentosin's FFL-2 product.
Their price is crazy expensive, $17 US per liter, the last time I bought MTF at the dealership, it was $10 a quart, also expensive.
FFL-2's KV 40 °C is 36.3, KV 100 °C is 7.3. On Motul's site they list one of their fluids as being appropriate for both Honda and Volkswagen manual transmissions. What is everyone's opinion on this Pentosin fluid as being an appropriate replacement (and possibly longer lasting) for Honda genuine MTF?
My online parts jobber, owned by the same company as Napa Auto Parts, offers a Pentosin DCT fluid. Their seriously lacking online description lists it as Triptronic (I think they mean Tiptronic) fluid for DSG transmissions. Since VW/Audi/Seat are the most popular European cars in Mexico and the only ones that call their gearboxes 'DSG', I'll assume it is Pentosin's FFL-2 product.
Their price is crazy expensive, $17 US per liter, the last time I bought MTF at the dealership, it was $10 a quart, also expensive.
FFL-2's KV 40 °C is 36.3, KV 100 °C is 7.3. On Motul's site they list one of their fluids as being appropriate for both Honda and Volkswagen manual transmissions. What is everyone's opinion on this Pentosin fluid as being an appropriate replacement (and possibly longer lasting) for Honda genuine MTF?