Not outside temp relatedIt’ll be interesting to see if the grinding goes away once the temperatures start dropping. It appears it may be heat related?
I bled my clutch when changing to a better fluid and also set free play in the pedal to specs. still noticed a 2nd gear upshift grind sometimes leaving pits for time attack. changed to Motul Gear 300 and have not had any more issues.Has anyone experiencing this issue bled the clutch hydraulics and checked/adjusted free-play?
Thanks. I was contemplating switching to Torco MTF as my transaxle is pretty much broken in now, so it's time to change the fluid. Now pondering Gear 300 ...I bled my clutch when changing to a better fluid and also set free play in the pedal to specs. still noticed a 2nd gear upshift grind sometimes leaving pits for time attack. changed to Motul Gear 300 and have not had any more issues.
I am not saying the Motul is better than the Torco. Either way, the stock fluid is good for normal driving in most conditions, but not really good for high performance frequentlyThanks. I was contemplating switching to Torco MTF as my transaxle is pretty much broken in now, so it's time to change the fluid. Now pondering Gear 300 ...
so i changed out my MTF a week ago today per recommendation of my dealer rep just to try it, and havnt had a crunch since. im not saying it wont happen since i have gone a week without it acting up before. but who knows? i will say for only having 1k miles on my car the fluid was much darker then i was expecting. no metal or debris though[/QUOTE
What fluid did you replace with?
Well if the fluid change stops it happening that can only be a good thing, but it is a fair point that there may already be damage to the gearbox and a fluid change ain't going to fix that. My dealer has just returned my car as they had it for a while but couldn't get the crunch to happen, which isn't surprising as it's only happened maybe half a dozen times in nearly 2,000 miles so you could drive it all day and not have it happen. Obviously they can't just keep putting hundreds of miles on the car waiting for it to happen, so we've agreed that I will drive it normally and notify them each time it happens and we'll see whether a pattern develops or it gets worse.Anyone else not like the idea of "fixing" our transmission via a fluid change after you've already had it grind so many times?