johnnyblaz3

ok so i started the car this morning... didnt go into any gears at all... i thought maybe it was warmin up so i waited... soo now its warmed up and it still didnt get into any gears... i had to push realy hard as possible to get it in... eventualy it got looser and looser and now it works fine.......... soo the day befor had the same problem but wasnt as bad.... could this be because of bad transmission fluid?? has anybody else experienced this problem? oh yeah my cars 1997 2.2cl.

johnnyblaz3

maybe i need to lube the 5 spd or sumthing??

TexasHonda

I would drain and replace the transmission fluid w/ new honda trans fluid. Do a search. I believe some have used a synthetic trans fluid w/ good results.

good luck

johnnyblaz3

ok ok im screwed now... just tried to get my car going same thing happened... this time when i pushed the clutch in, it did not release all the way back up :S i cannot get into 1st gear or any other gears.... this is really weird i do not know whats going on... maybe the lever for the clutch is broken? maybe i need a new clutch? im realy stuck.. does anyone know whats wrong?? if i jamed into 1st gear i think i might break the car... seems like when i push clutch in the clutch isnt realy in.. anyone help would be great thanks

johnnyblaz3

when i push the clutch all the way in usualy the rpm would move a tiny bit.. but it didnt move a tiny bit... im not 100% sure if the clutch is workin or not..

johnnyblaz3

ok ive just tried it again... the clutch must be workin or else i could not start the car.. i tried spraying some wd40 around the clutch lever, maybe it would losson up but it didnt.

johnnyblaz3

doesnt explain why i cant shift into any gears.. i pulled down the 2nd gear in realy hard and the car seemed to roll forward a tiny bit.. but its not suposed to move with the clutch in.. weird... though i pulled the 2nd gear in realy hard i didnt pull it all the way in and it still rolled a tiny bit which means the clutch isnt workin after the car started (i may be wrong, this is what im jus geussing?)

TexasHonda

Problem sounds like either bad slave cylinder (front of engine below the distributor) or master cylinder (connected to clutch pedal on firewall). I recently had both go out on my daughter's 97 Acura 2.2CL. Go w/ OEM master cylinder for sure. Slave you can go aftermarket as it's readily accessible.

good luck

jameswbl

did you check clutch fluid???

WD40 at the lever is not go to do anything in your case

johnnyblaz3

clutch fluid was low.. brought the car in to get it bleed out and put some new fluid in.. also they said the car was leakin so i had to replace the clutch cylinder or something like that and brake fluid replaced with the engine oil to.. $400 cars now fixed at canadian tire wow they did a quik job thanks for the help

CRXZC

Did they change both the Master Cyliner and the Slave Cylinder?

$400 seems like a hell of a lot of money for just that..