i-wagon
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Check the dip stock and check the color. Might just be terribly overdue oil. I use Lucas in my transmission with shell spirax synthetic stuff, seems to like it
whining noise in first gear?
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scoobiesforlife
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most likely, i heard it whine a little bit in 2nd, seems to only really happen in the lower rpms (less than 2k) i still need to save money and have my clutch done. meyagi lives too far away for it to make it worth it for me right now. hopefully i can talk with my boss at work and him and i can do it, hes done a clutch at least twice right now, once for an oem clutch replacement, and the 2nd time was to put a stage 2 clutch in it.
scoobiesforlife
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im just going to change the fluid in the trans, maybe the clutch if it gives my any serious problems, and work on saving for a car payment (as much as i dont want too) cuz i cant keep trying to put more money into this car than it seems to be worth to me. fwd in the winter...dont really care for the feeling anymore after driving a 98 outback for 5 winters
JoshP
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You better sell me that thing back if you get another car lol
scoobiesforlife
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scoobiesforlife
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update on the problem, it really only seems to whine a little bit when the fluid is cold...it tends to go away after about 5-10 min (weather dependent) little more time in colder days (lower than 40 degrees) but when its really warm and nice out (over 60) it doesn't do it at all, i haven't been able to do the fluid change yet, but i will be in the next couple weeks, along with my oil change.
scoobiesforlife
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so i ended up picking up 80-90 gl-5 gear oil, not remembering what was recommended on here. it is a lucas gear oil though, not sure if that makes any difference, what i did have in my hands were the valvoline synthetic 75-90 gear oil.
i did however pick up the bottle of lucas, the guy said that the "Lucas Oil Stabilizer" is what i wanted for the manual transmissions.
should i go back and return the 2 quarts of 80-90 and get 75-90?
i did however pick up the bottle of lucas, the guy said that the "Lucas Oil Stabilizer" is what i wanted for the manual transmissions.
should i go back and return the 2 quarts of 80-90 and get 75-90?
i-wagon
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I wouldn't run straight Lucas stabilizer, and my transmission didn't like one kind of synthetic, it would grind after the oil warmed up.
scoobiesforlife
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its not all lucas, the 80-90 gear oil is made by lucas. its their own brand of GL-5 gear oil.
the oil stabilizer is also made by lucas, im just not sure if that is the proper one for a manual trans, the guy at advance said it would work.
i-wagon
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I guess I didn't read that right then. If it's synthetic Lucas gear oil I had that in my car and that was the one I was thinking about earlier, once warmed up it's too slippery and hated synchros. I used synthetic stabilizer and synthetic shell gear oil with good result. But most Dino oil should be ok
scoobiesforlife
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you are forgiven, my main point of the update for fluid choice was if i got the correct weight. is the 80-90 alright? i haven't seen a 75-90 weight without it being advances brand.
i-wagon
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I have, but only synthetic. Wouldn't make much difference anyway