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Originally Posted by Ecky
My understanding is that friction modifiers that actually work, also cause synchros to stop working, because they rely on friction, making it very difficult to find anything to put in a manual gearbox.
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You could always just double clutch every shift.
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Similarly, I haven't known manual gearboxes to get warm, but I have not owned a manual diesel.
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Manual diesels don't get warm unless you're like 100,000lbs on a hot summer day going up a mountain pass.
My 1985 1.5L VW Golf diesel would just cool the engine down as it idled. That was with a working thermostat, even a high temp thermostat. Most modern diesels with turbochargers do a bit better as the turbo catches more of the heat and puts it into the coolant. But still, these vehicles can have exhaust temps in the just a couple hundred degrees range while idling, not enough to really heat the engine.