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Originally Posted by JuiceMcGoose
No offence meant red1dr
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None taken.
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Originally Posted by JuiceMcGoose
...but there has been way too many MT bearing failures reported on this site.
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Really?? Where?? I've been on this site for >3 years (lurking before I joined) and don't recall seeing bearing failures reported, but maybe I missed them. FWIW, I've owned 4 MT Hondas since 1985, zero problems, including >50,000 mi on my Insight with the OEM trans fluid in it.
I almost never shift into 1st while moving (2nd works well for that) and take it easy shifting in general, so maybe I don't notice issues.
In the '80's before Honda MTF came out, Honda spec'd motor oil in the MT. Since I had motorcycles and had oil for them, I'd use 4-stroke motorcycle oil in the Honda MT because motorcycle oils lube the trans and clutch and so have gear lube additives built into them. When Honda MTF came out, I switched to that.
You recommend the friction-modified GM fluid but you're using the non-modified in your Insight??
In any case, it's a good idea to select an MT fluid carefully, as you have done, because some random too-heavy lubricant could decrease mpg. As I understand it, the Insight MT is different from the typical Honda MT.
