Hello all...I'm new to the website and after reading a whole lot of posts, I have seen that there is definitely a wealth of knowledge to be shared here...anyhoo, I'm not very good with the abbreviations so please be patient...here's my story...
I got a 2001 Honda CR-V 5speed Manual with 150,000km...just bought a boat, motor, and trailer recently for some recreational fishing time...I would say that on a good day the boat/motor/trailer combination would weigh as little as around 550lbs and on a bad day weigh as much as around 800lbs (with camping/weekend gear)....the recommended towing capacity for this vehicle is 1000lbs....
I currently run Castrol Syntec 5W-30 in the motor...which seems to be doing a great job, with oil change intervals of around 5000-8000kms (depending on the kind of driving I've been doing...
My concerns with this situation are in the transmission fluid that Honda says ONLY to use...it's their branded MTF fluid...they say to use nothing else...what I don't want to happen is my tranny fluid over-heating and breaking down during my camping/fishing trips...is there a fluid that I can use in replacement of the Honda MTF that can withstand higher temperatures that would come from towing all this gear? I want to try and stay away from adding an auxiliary transmission cooler because it would cost a fortune...the manual transmissions that honda made for my CR-V never came with the transmission cooling lines that run to/from the radiator (as they would on the automatic transmissions).
My towing typically consists of either mostly highway driving to the lakes close to the highway, or highway driving plus around 50 kms or so of very 'hilly' logging roads (where I usually shift between 2nd and 3rd gears only)...
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions...I know towing with a 2.0L 4cyl CR-V is less than admirable, but it's all I got...I'd have a pickup if I could afford the gas..
I got a 2001 Honda CR-V 5speed Manual with 150,000km...just bought a boat, motor, and trailer recently for some recreational fishing time...I would say that on a good day the boat/motor/trailer combination would weigh as little as around 550lbs and on a bad day weigh as much as around 800lbs (with camping/weekend gear)....the recommended towing capacity for this vehicle is 1000lbs....
I currently run Castrol Syntec 5W-30 in the motor...which seems to be doing a great job, with oil change intervals of around 5000-8000kms (depending on the kind of driving I've been doing...
My concerns with this situation are in the transmission fluid that Honda says ONLY to use...it's their branded MTF fluid...they say to use nothing else...what I don't want to happen is my tranny fluid over-heating and breaking down during my camping/fishing trips...is there a fluid that I can use in replacement of the Honda MTF that can withstand higher temperatures that would come from towing all this gear? I want to try and stay away from adding an auxiliary transmission cooler because it would cost a fortune...the manual transmissions that honda made for my CR-V never came with the transmission cooling lines that run to/from the radiator (as they would on the automatic transmissions).
My towing typically consists of either mostly highway driving to the lakes close to the highway, or highway driving plus around 50 kms or so of very 'hilly' logging roads (where I usually shift between 2nd and 3rd gears only)...
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions...I know towing with a 2.0L 4cyl CR-V is less than admirable, but it's all I got...I'd have a pickup if I could afford the gas..
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