ok just got off the phone with a freind of mine. he drives a 95 civic ex non vtec. he was telling me that he substituted a quart of Honda ATF with a quart of Honda MTF, he said it was shifting 200% better. my question is: should I smack him int he back of the head and call him an idiot, or did he have a good idea?

 

Substituted Honda ATF for Honda ATF? What??????????

 

He put manual trans fluid in an auto trans, is that what I got out of that? I dont know that it was a good idea.


Side note, I thought all Civic EX were VTEC? No?

 

[X(]Dont just smack him, beat him![X(]Makesure hes a AAA member because hes gonna need a tow as soon as that fluid gets into the valve body!

 

you better tell your buddy to drain all the fluid and use ONLY Honda ATF -Z1 ..he might have to do it 2-3 times .... .He will have shifting issues
you can use ATF in a manual tranny but not the other way around

 

to Poser and RTexasF yes he substituted a quart of automatic for manual. ok so tomorrow im going to go to his place and kcock the drap out of him. and for wietgr unless the decals have come off his civic ex isnt a vtec.

 

That was actually me that asked about the VTEC lol. I wasnt doubting you, I was just stating that I thought all EXs were VTEC, but that may be my mistake. However, just because it doesnt have decals doesnt mean it doesnt have it.