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 May 6, 2011 - 7:55 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Apr 17, '06 From New Jersey Currently Offline Reputation: 105 (100%)  |
I drained my transmission today and found this  as you may be able to see, there are some brownish / bronze shavings floating around, not big enough to be felt by hand, and are not attracted to a magnet. how concern should I be ? trans drives fine, there is a little play from standing to get going, this is known as preload on drag racing and I've read that some play is normal, again not sure how much is normal. I daily drive the car 90 miles a day, no issues. it used to pop out of 4th gear and used to grind a litttle on 3rd gear, but I adjusted the clutch engagement point and pedal high and it all went away. let me hear your input. --------------------  |
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May 6, 2011 - 8:39 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 31, '02 From Philadelphia, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
rust.
-------------------- 15PSI - 30MPG - Megasquirt Tuned
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May 6, 2011 - 10:44 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 6, '08 From Lisarow, NSW, Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Do a fresh fluid change now and do one not long after and it should be fine.
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May 6, 2011 - 11:22 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 2, '06 From bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 21 (100%) |
what kind of oil do u use??
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May 7, 2011 - 12:50 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 8, '03 From Lancaster CA Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
QUOTE (lagos @ May 6, 2011 - 6:39 PM)  rust. its not rust that is normal for transmissions, you have all that gear mesh going at high speeds. use regular 80/90 gear oil. i dont see a point in spending crazy money for synthetic oil. -------------------- 2001 Celica GT-S Turbo
1997 Supra TT 6speed 1997 Celica 3MZ/1MZ swap 1990 Celica All-Trac |
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May 7, 2011 - 4:09 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 28, '09 From York pa Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
mmm looks tasty
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May 7, 2011 - 9:54 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 17, '06 From New Jersey Currently Offline Reputation: 105 (100%) |
I had pennsoil synchromesh,
now I filled it up with mobil 1 75W 90, I had great results with this before so went back to it. later today I'll report how the trans feels, I just finish refilling it -------------------- |
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May 7, 2011 - 10:30 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
normal powdered metal, lil brass from the synchro's and a lil steel from the gears. how long was that oil in there for?
send it off to blackstone labs and they can give you a good idea of how its doing inside. This post has been edited by Bitter: May 7, 2011 - 10:30 AM -------------------- |
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May 7, 2011 - 11:23 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 17, '06 From New Jersey Currently Offline Reputation: 105 (100%) |
it's been in there for around 10K miles ( since Sept last year I think )
before that, the trans was sitting at an engine / trans importer I'm at work, drove the car here and feels normal, a little smoother, but no big difference on the driving, so I guess I'm in the clear for now. I also measure the fluid drained to make sure I wasn't running low and I got exactly 4.2 qts out of it, so it's not leaking fluid in any way, which is a good thing. -------------------- |
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