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Originally Posted by ChazInMT
For tranny lube, only buy the factory stuff and don't believe anyone who says "Just use motor oil." They don't have to buy you're new tranny when the old one dies due to substituting. I researched this a lot for my own Civic and thats what I came to believe.
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While I agree with you, the factory oil really is just dyno snot. If you google it up you can probably even find which company was making it for honda. In many of their FSMs they specified it was engine oil. I always used honda MTF on customer cars but a lot of that was for liability. If you do choose to use engine oil you don't want to use synthetic because it's too slippery.
As for your other question, pick your gear according to the driving conditions. If the engine is lugging along in 5th then downshift to 4th but for economy you really do want to try and keep it in the highest gear possible without lugging it too much. Pay attention to the sound and feel of the engine, what feels right generally is.
-Michael