View Full Version : Morning (and cold) Notchiness


ScionSean
03-30-2007, 07:30 AM
When I first run my car in the morning, and occasionally when it gets cold, my shifter is pretty notchy, especially in 2nd gear. I know this is pretty normal, but I was just wondering if this was adding wear on my synchros. Anyone have a definitive answer? I've been looking into swapping my tranny fluid for a while now to redline or something of the sort and I'm hoping that it will help. Thanks in advance.

biGhuK
03-30-2007, 12:22 PM
yeah it's fine man, as long as your not having to bear down on the shifter to get it into gear or anything. Are you running a short shifter? Switching to redline mt90 or pretty much any high end fully synth MTF would help to alleviate that issue and make shifting a bit smoother.

jwaggz82
03-30-2007, 04:16 PM
If you dont force your car into gears it doesnt want to be in then it sounds like you should switch your trans fluid. i have the redline mt90 in my car now.

nauticalblue_tC
03-31-2007, 03:37 AM
Mine was the same way. I switched to the trd shifter and redline MT-90 and the car shifts a lot sweeter after warmed up, but still a bit notchy when cold