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Old 07-17-2015, 05:43 PM   #270 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Originally Posted by Hog F150 View Post
I see you are using royal purple motor oil in your MT, how is this working for you? I will be changing my MT fluid soon, and I want to use whatever is best for these vehicles. So many choices.. Honda MTF, Red line MT90, Penzoil synchromesh, Royal Purple synchromesh or motor oil. The book says to use Honda MTF, obviously, but it does say you can use a motor oil as a temporary fix until you can get the right stuff.

Also, what spark plugs are you using? The book says NGK with a number 5 in there, and others are saying the correct plug has a no. 4?
I did use Royal Purple 5w30 in my 1998 DX trans, but when I swapped the trans for a 1993 VX/CX trans I went to 10w40, because that was Honda spec at the time. Honda MTF did not yet exist in 1993. The Royal Purple was not in the trans long enough to really tell much of anything, other than that the car still shifted fine.

I do have two sets of NGK plugs. I alternate and clean them every 6,000 to 12,000 miles (when I do oil changes). One is NGK "ZFR5FGP" (platinum alloy) and the other is the ZFR5F-11 (resistor). ... hope that helps.

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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.




Last edited by California98Civic; 07-17-2015 at 06:43 PM.. Reason: "alloy" not "allow" lol
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