-=The Boss=-
06-18-2009, 04:50 PM
I just got the car back from the shop. I was religions with 30k trans fluid change intervals (62k on the car today) using RedLine at 30 and 60k.
My Problem: There was a strange noise coming from the trans area At first I thought it was a wheel bearing till I located the sound then I thought my front dif was going.
The issue: Every bearing in my trans was gone. Transfer case, R &L input shafts and all the others.
The diagnostic: All the highway driving I do and Trans oil change intervals. The manual recommends 30k and that's what I was observing but since the 5MT inst self cooling the oil turned to sludge and took out the bearings.
They also said that RedLine is crap.
The solution: Change Trans fluid every 10-15k and avoid issues.
Now since they had the case open and cleaned I had a new set of cyncros and a new clutch put in. He said everything looked fine but since there were in there and the car has 62k why not.
The lesson: Change Trans fluid every 15k its a lot cheaper. As for the quality of Redline :shrug:
My Problem: There was a strange noise coming from the trans area At first I thought it was a wheel bearing till I located the sound then I thought my front dif was going.
The issue: Every bearing in my trans was gone. Transfer case, R &L input shafts and all the others.
The diagnostic: All the highway driving I do and Trans oil change intervals. The manual recommends 30k and that's what I was observing but since the 5MT inst self cooling the oil turned to sludge and took out the bearings.
They also said that RedLine is crap.
The solution: Change Trans fluid every 10-15k and avoid issues.
Now since they had the case open and cleaned I had a new set of cyncros and a new clutch put in. He said everything looked fine but since there were in there and the car has 62k why not.
The lesson: Change Trans fluid every 15k its a lot cheaper. As for the quality of Redline :shrug: