ok, I'm looking in my haynes manual and it says that a 96 man. transaxle requires some special mix from honda, but the 94-95 ones take 10w40 motor oil. I would go check my owner's manual, but that is from a 95 model. Does anyone know what harm would become of my tranny if it had the 10w stuff in it? I've got what appears to be a leak on the top of the trans. case. I've had the car for 6 months, and haven't touched the tranny fluid yet, gettin info. first

 

When Honda started selling their 'genuine' manual tranny oil, they made it compatible with their older trannys which take 10w-30 engine oil. I imagine it should be compatible the other direction also.

After you get your leak fixed, you should probably use the Honda stuff.

 

Honda adds stuff to the oil to make shifting easier for you. You can also use GM syncromesh (very good stuff)

 

ok, thanks, so it should be ok if the 10w is in it, and the GM syncromesh works good too. ok, thanks guys, now I just gotta figure out where my fluid is disappearing from[8D]

 

10w30 or 10w40 should be fine. They do shift a little smoother with honda mtf, but you probably wont notice unless you're hotrodding around.

 

10-w-30 cheapest brand you can find .. do not waste your money on some more expensive name brand

 

I admit to not being very nice to my tranny, when accelerating hard through all gears, I do have a tendency to grind 3rd on occasion, with the capacity being 2 qts, I'll go ahead and front the extra money for the more expensive stuff. I know how I drive, and that's just the price to be paid the way I see it (sigh)

 

if you drain and refill it takes 3 qts ,, not 2 as you mentined ,, just put oil in the fill hole till it starts coming out ,

 

really? so much for the haynes manual, lol! thanks for the heads up desert

 

i think the all data also says 2 qts,,I have always tought it was closer to 3 qts to do a drain and refill...
to be totally honest i do not measure it, we have a 20 gallon drum with a pump attached to it so i put oil in the fill hole till it starts coming out ,,..