baldheadracing
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Plenty of people have changed their fluid and reported improvements. The question is: How much of that improvement is due to replacing the old fluid vs. how much is due to a change in the type of fluid? People with Type R's who have changed out their trans fluid with Honda's fluid have reported back improvements as well, for example.There is a difference when it comes to OEM and Amsoil, which is synthetic while the OEM is not. I changed it out on my first oil change (7K miles) and it made a huge difference. You can read the testimony of all those who did it
Regardless, we've known for almost 20 years now that Honda transaxles have (relatively) weak synchros in (relatively) high-torque applications. People (often through no fault of their own) grind gears or have stiff shifts, the grind/delay is the synchro's sacrificing themselves (to protect the gears), the brass worn off of the synchro's gets into the fluid, the fluid degrades, people change fluid, and all is bliss for another 10k-15k miles (or whatever) - and then the cycle repeats itself. People back then thought ACDelco Syncromesh fluid was the solution - and it was - for 10k or 15k miles. Now people think it is AMSOil ... we'll find out in a few years.
BTW, I have no doubt that the shifting is better. I'm just saying no fluid is going to make synchro's stronger, or restore worn metal back onto mating surfaces.
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