RE: Gear shift in winter.

["Fadeev, Alex" <Alex.Fadeev@xxxxxxx>]

Steven Schlossman <steven@domain.elided> sez:
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> "Fadeev, Alex" <Alex.Fadeev@domain.elided> replied:
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> >>Anup Lakare <alakare@domain.elided> asks:
> >>
> >> I am experiencing some resistance to shifting gears when the
> >> car is cold. Resistance is maximum for the second gear. If I
> >> want to shift to 2nd from 3rd when the car is at 10-15MPH
> >> there is some sort of resistance telling me "Don't shift down!".
> >> When the car heats up to its normal temperature it becomes
> >> silk smooth.
> >>
> >> My manual trany and differential have new fluids.
> >> Is this something to looked at or is it a common behavior.
> >
> >Anup,
> >I bet the new fluid is not RedLine.
> >I also bet that after swapping your 'new' fluid for RedLine=20
> >MTL the cold shifting difficulties will be all but a memory.
> >
> >alex f
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> I wish I could agree but I have Red Line ATF in my gearbox.=20
> When the temp is in the teens F, I have a hard time getting
> into 2nd. Occasionally will pop out of 2nd until warmed up.=20
> I'm gonna say 'most of the do that'. What helps is running=20
> through the gears before driving.
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> 1998 318ti 5 speed.
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> ...steven

	Steven, I don't know _which_ RedLine ATF fluid is in your
(automatic?) transmission, but this is the info I copied from RedLine's =
web
site (http://www.redlineoil.com/) pertaining to RedLine Synthetic =
High-Temp
ATF:
	"This product can be used in manual transmissions which require ATFs
and will provide much better gear protection than a petroleum ATF; =
however,
MTL=AE will provide better wear protection and better low-temperature
shiftability in most manual transmissions which call for an ATF."

alex f

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