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drogers999@hotmail.com - 08 Apr 2006 07:27 GMT

Could anyone give me advice on which manual transmission oil to use for
my 2000 Accord 2.0 SE Exec. The guy at the dealers just quoted 10W-40
engine oil, "The same they use for the engine oil changes in the
workshop"....

The service manual states Honda Manual Transmission Fluid (MTF), which
seems to be unavailable from the dealers.

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SoCalMike - 08 Apr 2006 08:12 GMT

> Could anyone give me advice on which manual transmission oil to use for
> my 2000 Accord 2.0 SE Exec. The guy at the dealers just quoted 10W-40
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> The service manual states Honda Manual Transmission Fluid (MTF), which
> seems to be unavailable from the dealers.

you obviously need to find a new dealer.

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'Curly Q. Links' - 09 Apr 2006 00:27 GMT

> > Could anyone give me advice on which manual transmission oil to use for
> > my 2000 Accord 2.0 SE Exec. The guy at the dealers just quoted 10W-40
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>
> you obviously need to find a new dealer.

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LOL He must be writing from PERU, or something. (not knocking Peru) :-)

'Curly'

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Greg Campbell - 09 Apr 2006 21:21 GMT

>> Could anyone give me advice on which manual transmission oil to use for
>> my 2000 Accord 2.0 SE Exec. The guy at the dealers just quoted 10W-40
>> engine oil,

>> The service manual states Honda Manual Transmission Fluid (MTF)

> you obviously need to find a new dealer.

Amen!

Honda's MTF will work much better than straight engine oil. Since it
gets changed so rarely, the increased cost (~$6/qt) is pretty trivial in
the long run. The high end synthetic transmission fluids by Redline and
othters also get good user reviews, and may be even better than H-MTF.

Syn motor oils are not supposed to work very well. (AFAIK, the theory
is that they are _too_ slick, and that the synchro clutches don't work
properly.)

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