My car is a Mazda Protegé/323/Familia, from 2002, 1.6 ZM petrol engine, manual transmission (F25M-R). It has about 292,000 km. The transmission is getting a bit hard to put in 1 and 2 sometimes, especially when it's cold.
I'll be changing the clutch, and I'd like to change the transmission fluid at the same time. I've been reading a lot about different transmission fluids, but I just got confused, especially since most fluids are not available in Europe.
I was looking at Castrol Syntrans Multivehicle 75W-90 and Castrol Syntrans Transaxle 75W-90, but I'm open to other brands as well.
The Multivehicle one is especially interesting, as it's the only oil in Europe which has WSD-M2C200-C specs, the same as the "famous" Ford XT-M5-QS oil in the US. But it's not the same oil, specs are quite different. Yet, local Castrol dealer recommends the Transaxle to my car.
What would you recommend?
Castrol Syntrans Multivehicle 75W-90
Castrol Syntrans Transaxle 75W-90
Ford XT-M5-QS
I'll be changing the clutch, and I'd like to change the transmission fluid at the same time. I've been reading a lot about different transmission fluids, but I just got confused, especially since most fluids are not available in Europe.
I was looking at Castrol Syntrans Multivehicle 75W-90 and Castrol Syntrans Transaxle 75W-90, but I'm open to other brands as well.
The Multivehicle one is especially interesting, as it's the only oil in Europe which has WSD-M2C200-C specs, the same as the "famous" Ford XT-M5-QS oil in the US. But it's not the same oil, specs are quite different. Yet, local Castrol dealer recommends the Transaxle to my car.
What would you recommend?
Castrol Syntrans Multivehicle 75W-90
Castrol Syntrans Transaxle 75W-90
Ford XT-M5-QS