my gears are feeling a lot more knotchy then usual, especially my third gear... i do have 114K on it, so do you guys think something big is coming up? (i just replaced my radiator and the clutch so i dont want to hate my car again hehe)
I don't understand extra S. I have it in my 2007 sti trans and it will randomly grind 4th. I flushed it and put more extra S in it. Still a very random grind (like 3 a month). Flushed that out installed Motul and 3 months I've had ZERO grinds and trust me I've tried to make it grind.
that's because it's magical. nobody knows what it is... WJM said it was created by unicorns that needed something for their slip-n-slide to candy land. :squint:
It NEVER grinds under power. It's always the in traffic easy slow shift that grinds and is almost ALWAYS in the 3500-4000 rpm shift area. Oh well Motul seems to solve it....or at least 'mask' it.
Interesting....oh well if Subaru does anything I'm out of luck as that transmission didn't come in my car from the factory
I was getting the random grind thing going into 4th every once in a while. I switched to Amsoil Severe Gear 75w-90 and the trans now shifts like buttah.
Yeah it is but as they say....gotta pay to play The fact I can get it easily works for me since the Subaru dealership will not buy Extra S and split it and I'm not buying 5 gallons of it.
My transmission is notchy too, but I chalk that up to my kartboy. I changed my fluid with new Extra S at around 32000 miles. I didn't notice that dramatic of a difference. Personally I'm thinking of trying the Motul gear oil next time. I'm interested to see how it feels. Other than that, I get locked out of reverse quite a bit, but according to manual and every other subaru owner I've talked to its normal.
Not to sidetrack too much, but if you get locked out of reverse, try putting some gentle pressure on the gate and let the clutch out slightly until it goes into gear. That is what you HAVE to do some times on the 18 wheelers and I tried it on a couple manual cars I drive and it works wonders on them too
also, i put it in 3rd, roll forward a little, and then boom, straight into reverse. works like magic every time. it's become such a habit, i do it anyways when i go into reverse.