a couple of oil Q's

[adams86lxi]

yesterday i got my oil changed in the accord with 20W-50 and when i got in the car to leave it didint want to stay on after i started it. I finally got it to start and i left. Is this because it was cold outside now and i got thick oil or what? Also i want to change the oil in the transmission. I know it hasent been changed in a while not sure how long though. Should i just fill it to the proper level or should i change it with some 10W-30 oil and throw some lucas transmission fix in with it, or will some gear oil work better,and also should i use synthetic or normal. The syncros in second are starting to go too will this help it at all. Im asking this because i heard if you havent changed the transmission oil in a while its bad for the transmission if you change it. Thanks

[k-roy]

I use 20W50 in the summer, and 10W30 in the winter. My car runs good like that. Of course I use Royal purple full synthetic with a K&N filter.

[adams86lxi]

does the royal purple stuff work good? would that be good to use in the transmisson?

[johndej]

honda MTF for the tranny.

[k-roy]

Bah, synthetics rule whenever you can use them. I use it in the tranny with a bottle of Lucas oil stabilizer.

[adams86lxi]

so should i drain my transmission and put synthetic 10W-30 with some lucas. Or is it not safe for me to change it since it hasent been changed in a while. I think i might take it in to get it changed, the fill bolt is stuck on their real tight and i cant get it off.

[Mike's89AccordLX]

No you can only put Honda Transmission fluid in the tranny. Either ATF or MTF. You can add lucas stabilizer to that. There's maybe one other tranny fluid but I can't remember what it was, but you can never go wrong with Honda fluids. It's only like $3 a quart and you need like 3 quarts to do it. I have been wanting to change it for awhile. I just keep forgetting. I got the Honda MTF too.

[MrBen]

What are you talking about? Only Honda Transmission Fluid? Uh no, you can put whatever you want in there.

It would be smart to stick with Honda fluids.

[AccordEpicenter]

no atf... use mtf or 10w-30 none of this lucas stuff

[1988starter]

I am all about the lucas and tranny oil I would use lucas tranny fix and 10w-30 from valvoline ( what helped my bad syncros a hella lot) OR Lucas tranny fix and Honda MTF (what I use now never tried with bad syncros.)