I recently changed out my manual transmission fluid with Royal Purple of the recommended weight in the owners manual and now when the car is cold it doesn't shift was well in first and 2nd gear. I filed it up until fluid came out of the fill hole (~2 quarts I think) so there is plenty of fluid. Has anyone else experienced this?

 

Welcome to the world of synthetic trans fluid. I guess...

I swapped out for some Reline MT-90 last summer and noticed similar results. I mean, it's not really HARD to shift or anything... but there's a noticeable difference until it warms up.

 

yeah there is def a noticable difference until it warms up. Especially going into first. I am feeling like there is no way this can be good for the tranmision.

 

I get the same thing, didn't know it was due to the synthetic trans fluid though.

I switched to synthetic before winter so I just figured this happens when the car is cold to everybody...

 

should b just under 3 quarts...

 

should be 2.6 quarts of oil.

i just changed mine to mobil 1 synthetic gear oil, seems to be running great, but i haven't had a really cold morning start to notice any differences yet.

 

maybe that is what is was. I don't remember it was about a month or so ago. I know I bought 3 quarts. either way i filled it until it came out of the fill hole.

 

i just checked and i have about a half a qt left so i put it ~2.5 qts

 

well it depends on the temps you are talking about for cold starting... there are a couple of options... Are synthetics better? well in the tranny... probably over time yes. but if the temp is low enough its going to like pulling a stick through the mud. Only other option is to just give the engine/trans enough time to warm up a bit then take off.

 

cold temps I am talking about are right around freezing, 32 deg F. But my car is garaged too so the temp in there prob is in the 40's I can check later when when I get home, I have a thermometer in there

 

temp in the garage is like 45 right now

 

so i guess I shouldn't worry about this?

 

Did you use Royal Purple Gear-Max or Synchromax?

 

when its cold out my car does a funky shift from 1st to 2nd like its popping out of 1st as im shifting. but i have the oil that came with the car, whatever that is