3rd gear

ZX2 Dedicated Discussion Problems, Parts and Diagnosis.
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From 2nd to 3rd sometimes i feel a bit of a nick, you know that feeling when you don’t miss a gear but it sorta momentarily feels like it catches? But isn’t till its almost all the way shifted till i feel it.

I’m guessing I should do a tranny flush as I am probably due for one?

While I’m at it, any recommendations on a good tranny fluid to stick in there so that my tranny lasts longer? I noticed it did this same thing before i did my last tranny flush, i guess it’s crapped out fluid?

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I belive that Royal Purple makes an amazing product…I seem to think there’s another, but can’t think of what it is…

  • Darron
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Pennsoil Synchromesh… really hard to find though. I have not found a car place around here that deals it.

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You want this :wink:

http://www.royalpurple.com/prodsa/scmax.html

Or just a good synthetic 10w-30 oil should work. Or just look for gear oil. Comes in different weights. Ford just uses regular automatic transmission fluid in their manuals in case you were wondering :wink:

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Wait, isn’t our engine 10w-20?

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yes our engine is but our transaxle has calls for differnent lubricating properties… i used mobil 1 atf and it was amazing afterward

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Oh for the trany, sorry. Heh, thought for the engine.

n00b alert :stuck_out_tongue:

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it’s cool…

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Alright upon further observation it seems to be almost directly related to the super cold temperatures.

Once it warms up it seems fine.

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Zetec engines use 5w20 or 5w30

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my car does the same thing. will a tranny flush fix this problem? I took it to a shop and they told me it would be cheader to find a used tranny and swap it out. SO I am in the hunt for a used tranny. But if a flush would fix this, It would save me alot of money.

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Well, you could always try a tranny flush and if that doesn’t help find a replacement. If a cheaper option could fix the problem, it’s not a bad idea to try that first.

  • Darron
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Sorry to somewhat resurrect a dead topic, but would this be good for the ATX?

http://www.royalpurple.com/prodsa/matfa.html

How much does it take?

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Sounds like you wore down some tranny gears , the next thing that will happen is it will pop out of third gear …you have maybe a year left on that tranny . How many miles does it have ?..A simple fluid change wont help .