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> trans fluid dirty / metal shavings ?, how much is normal ?
post May 6, 2011 - 7:55 PM
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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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post May 6, 2011 - 8:39 PM
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rust.


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post May 6, 2011 - 10:44 PM
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Do a fresh fluid change now and do one not long after and it should be fine.
post May 6, 2011 - 11:22 PM
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what kind of oil do u use??
post May 7, 2011 - 12:50 AM
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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.


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post May 7, 2011 - 4:09 AM
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mmm looks tasty
post May 7, 2011 - 9:54 AM
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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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post May 7, 2011 - 10:30 AM
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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.

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post May 7, 2011 - 11:23 AM
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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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