Hi group,
I have a 2013 5 GT, with the 6 speed manual. I've had it about 4 months and it's got about 64k km on it. I'm sometimes getting a little crunching shifting from first to second gear, moreso when it's cold in the morning, which it has been lately. Other times it drops into gear really slickly. Most of the time the other gears are pretty smooth as well.
I did some reading in different forums and read a lot of good things about the Redline MT90, but then started seeing reports of Ford's oil working even better. I picked up three quarts of the Ford oil, but haven't put it in yet -- and I saw a few threads yesterday where owners of newer MZ3's found no improvement with the Ford oil, and some found it to work less well than the stock oil. From what I can tell the 2012-2013 MZ5 transmission is not the same as was used in the same era 3 though, so that may not be the case for us 5 owners.
Has anyone used either of these, or some other oil and had good results? I'd can return the Ford stuff for another week, so I'd rather do that first and try something else than blow about $80 on it for nothing and end up wanting to put something else in there.
Also, what does Mazda call for as a transmission oil in this transmission? The manual doesn't mention replacing it at all, and I haven't had any luck finding out online.
I have a 2013 5 GT, with the 6 speed manual. I've had it about 4 months and it's got about 64k km on it. I'm sometimes getting a little crunching shifting from first to second gear, moreso when it's cold in the morning, which it has been lately. Other times it drops into gear really slickly. Most of the time the other gears are pretty smooth as well.
I did some reading in different forums and read a lot of good things about the Redline MT90, but then started seeing reports of Ford's oil working even better. I picked up three quarts of the Ford oil, but haven't put it in yet -- and I saw a few threads yesterday where owners of newer MZ3's found no improvement with the Ford oil, and some found it to work less well than the stock oil. From what I can tell the 2012-2013 MZ5 transmission is not the same as was used in the same era 3 though, so that may not be the case for us 5 owners.
Has anyone used either of these, or some other oil and had good results? I'd can return the Ford stuff for another week, so I'd rather do that first and try something else than blow about $80 on it for nothing and end up wanting to put something else in there.
Also, what does Mazda call for as a transmission oil in this transmission? The manual doesn't mention replacing it at all, and I haven't had any luck finding out online.