"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
01/20/2015 at 21:26 • Filed to: None
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"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
01/20/2015 at 21:26 • Filed to: None | 2
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With the winter months upon us, it is especially apparent in the morning that my car does not like being cold. The clutch, steering, and brakes feel like I'm driving a mac truck. Now of course this is to be expected due to fluid viscosity being affected by temperature. And more importantly, it warms up quickly to operating temperature and then all is well. I'm still used to my Civic that was just slow no matter the weather outside, so it's a nice change to see some character. By character I just mean that when treated right and warmed up well, my miata just comes to life and is then a ton of fun. I tend to forget that it is fun to drive while it is cold and then when downshifting around a corner a few minutes later, everything just clicks and I've stopped caring about my destination. Anyways, my point is a warmed up car feels like magic on a cold day. Not only because the heater has me feeling toasty but more importantly because my car is feeling happy!
Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
01/20/2015 at 21:40 |
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My car didn't seem to warm up at all this morning, as I pretty much had to idle the whole way to where I was going. getting changing gear was harder than usual.
The Real Dacia Sandero
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
01/20/2015 at 21:54 |
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Get Motorcraft Synthetic MT fluid. It will totally change the shifting characteristics. Especially in the cold.
My Miata hates the cold. I've got an issue where when it's cold and raining, it will stall at this one stop in my neighborhood. Don't know why, I'm in the process of sorting it out.
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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> The Real Dacia Sandero
01/20/2015 at 22:12 |
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I believe I have liqui moli in there which is supposed to be some good stuff. Shifting works pretty darn well after a few shifts. It's really only that first time I shift into second gear that I feel some awful grinding if I don't shift very carefully. Once it's a bit warmed up though, it will shift smoothly no matter what. No stalling which is good, especially since I'm still relatively new to shifting my own gears.
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The Real Dacia Sandero
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
01/20/2015 at 22:26 |
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Liqui Moly is good stuff. I was into BMWs before I bought a Miata instead, and heavily researched that stuff.
It's more the type of fluid that the transmission needs. It takes GL-4. For whatever reason, Ford's fluid is magical in the transmission.
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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> The Real Dacia Sandero
01/20/2015 at 22:30 |
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I don't know anything about the trans fluid since that is just what the previous owner told me. What exactly is liqui moly anyways? I'm also pretty unsure how manual transmission fluid differs from the automatic stuff. It's not really the same idea is it? I believe it's a gear oil to term it correctly which is different from ATF.
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The Real Dacia Sandero
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
01/20/2015 at 22:34 |
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It is gear oil.
For whatever reason, Miatas are hyper sensitive to gear oil selection. But then, they're hyper sensitive to pretty much everything. That's what makes them so great(and bad at times...).
Liqui Moly is a high end german oil company. It's a premium brand up there with Mobil 1. It's the recommended stuff for most BMWs.
desertdog5051
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
01/21/2015 at 00:07 |
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The Bulldog wishes to have a word with you, Mack.
