Majofo

How do you know it's engaging at a lower pressure? Sounds like you're making some big assumptions here. 6 months.. :pb:.. I need a new transmission. true story. We've seen it.

Majofo

GXP.. just get an SS.

I think they're coming out with a manual and supercharged flavor of it as well.. get past the Malibu looks and it's one hell of a value and ride.

justnspace

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its still subdued tho. not as powerful as others with LSx engines.
if SC version comes out, it will be nasty....

Majofo

It sounds great..

thoiboi

happy friday all. late start today.. i'd ask did i miss anything, but i'm just going to go through the past pages anyway so that's a moot point.

Franchise1124

Thanks, Mr. Space.

Latest C&D or R&T has a quick review of the SS you're talking about, Maj. Agree on the Malibu looks - should respond well to bolt-ons in typical GM fashion though

thoiboi

Super late to the party, I'm sad I missed out on that ILX shaming party.. aomech has always been a fucking idiot.. and Jon.. we know him from the VIP curtains greatest hits. If you want see some more of aomech's BS check out this ramblings thread:
Another execution by cops - AcuraZine Community

polobunny

Considered too. Unicorn so... nope.

What's wrong with the mixing?

Can only assume without proper tools for testing.

But family Malibu look though.

Majofo

rockstar143

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they make one of those in auto?

Majofo

sport mode bruh

polobunny

Only in auto!

thoiboi

Alot of drama in 3gTL this week:

https://acurazine.com/forums/car-par...-rests-928181/

another scammer gone

Franchise1124

Ron A should've subcontracted Majofo to assist with that one. Scammers/thieves/etc should all go DIAF

Edit: There has been a lot of non-sense threads around here lately though. I hope you all understand now why I choose to stay in 3G Ramblings

N1h1l1ty

Nothin wrong with mixing :pb:, plenty of evidence of Racing Type F + D4 being a perfectly acceptable mix, and the shifting while more pronounced is definitely all around faster from the threads I've read and the people I've talked to on here - but you already know that

As for the SS ... its just too damn ugly for my taste. The old GTO and G8 were such magnificently pretty cars to me, and then they had to go and axe Ponti just when they happened to make some good cars again. Even the automatic LS3 powered G8 was a beast of a car - soooooo easy to make big horsepower.

polobunny

First time someone called a recent Pontiac "magnificently pretty". I always had a hunch about you being crazy, this confirms it.

"Magnificently plastic" though, I've heard many times.

N1h1l1ty

Criminally insane. OK they're not magnificently pretty, but their outside appearance was certainly prettier than a lot of cars on the road - The G8 and GTO in my opinion certainly had better styling on the outside than the new 3 and 5 series BMW, and don't even get me started on the atrocity that has been Mercedes for the past couple of years.

They both looked sporty and fun and considering that's what they were going for I think they certainly achieved that look. The G8 especially when done up properly like the one I linked was in my eyes a much more appealing car than many similar German offerings, with the exception of maybe Audi.

Then again the GTO is kind of an ugly duckling, but my heart still goes out to it.

rockstar143

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Initially, I didn't get it...Ramblings was a place I'd come and get flamed. I guess I developed Stockholm syndrome over time because I rarely care to venture out past this thread now. I update pictures and post nonsense and sometimes helpful tips here and there. But this is home and I it.

polobunny

Matter of taste. I'd take a 5 series BMW before a Pontiac GTO/G8 GXP for the style alone. Same for the Merces.

Majofo

Says the guy who has owned a TL for all of 5 minutes.

N1h1l1ty

Older (E60) 5 series? In a heartbeat, agreed for sure. The new ones? Dear god are they ugly. The snub nose nonsense BMW has pulled has completely turned me off their cars with the exception of the new 4s. Older C-class Benz I would also take over the Ponti, the new C class on the other hand is again, an atrocity. It might be striving to be a miniature S class but all that does is make it look ill proportioned and squished past the front doors.

Majofo

Ramblings.. not for the meager or weak. I love when some douche gets thrown to the wolves.

N1h1l1ty

OK ok, you have a point there, I'm just going off of the numerous people that have chimed in over multiple threads that have run Type F + D4 mixed with no issues, most of them fairly knowledgeable. If that's not valid then I don't know what is

Majofo

I guess you missed some of their posts in other threads where they had trans failure. There's nothing wrong with mixing if you know what you're doing.

N1h1l1ty

Still by far my favorite M5, short of the E34 M5

Majofo

There's no reason to mix..
Use a high quality ATF within spec and keep a decent OCI.

Majofo

Is it parked like that because the vanos oil pump failed causing the engine to tear itself apart at a cost of $26k to replace, smg failure at a cost of $7k, or is the owner just a douche?

Majofo

Other than the vanos oil pump shortcummmmmings... the E60 V10 is one of the best.

N1h1l1ty

Clearly I did because the boundary of issues I read was running straight Type F, where no FM was causing the issue - I'd be more than happy to read further on the issue so if you want to point me in the right direction in regards to the trans failure threads, I'm all ears

EDIT: Re-read that and it seems confrontational - Its not supposed to be, I'm genuinely curious since I didn't read anything about folks having issues with Type F + D4 mix.

Vlad_Type_S

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This is pretty much 95% of my AZ activity in here. Salad tossin'

polobunny

Can't save a dying transmission with just a fluid change though.

That's probably the biggest thing though. Changing it once in the life of the vehicle doesn't help the shoddy flaky trannies. Take a "EOL" sludge Z1 filled 5AT and stick Red Line Type-F in it... no wonder you get flaring.


Since I don't know the record on mine, I honestly should have done the maintenance when I got the car last summer. Anyway, I'll clean it all up soon enough and see how it goes. Still not entirely set on Type F + D4 mix, in one way... I can't be arsed. I don't expect to drive a FWD sporty sedan like a racecar.

polobunny

Prob a douche, it's a bimmer. Also most likely cycling trail and not an actual road. Double douche.



And yeah, vanos. That's like the bimmer equivalent of the merces air suspension problem.

At least it's not a Land Rover! Reliability = 0.

Majofo

Yep.. but in the case of a couple of them.. they did a frankenmix of some wrong shit on a completely healthy trans, including a semi-regular here. I don't think he's posted since we jumped shit.

Ask yourself.. wtf are you mixing? If you comeback with some bullshit I'll kick you in the balls.

Your trans is already showing some fucked up symptoms. Keep her on some thick sauce boss.

polobunny

Wonder how they could fuck up the ratios though. Went too quick?
Also can't believe people put straight Type F in there... From Z1 to DW1 to water?

Barely showing symptoms though. Just a little bucking from 2 to 3 and reverse takes longer than my previous cars to engage. I'm not concerned, but maybe I should be. Only time will tell.

N1h1l1ty

Well swoosh, innacurate, IHC and plenty of others all ran Type F + D4 mix, some of them with a shit-ton of miles on their trannys with no issues. From going over the Racing ATF and Optimal % of Racing ATF threads I found little evidence over a fairly long period of time of issues. So I'm going to go out on a limb and try it out. One way or another I put in an order for 12 quarts of each.

polobunny

Plenty of people ran Z1 for a shit-ton of miles too. It's easy to believe the success stories just as it's easy to believe the horror stories, depending on where you look.
We got a very particular set of people here and it doesn't represent the vast majority of TL owners. Sure the 5AT has its issues, but reading here you'd believe 1 person out of 2 will end up replacing their transmission within 90K miles.

N1h1l1ty

Quoted for truth.

justnspace

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what do we think of this thread?

https://acurazine.com/forums/third-g...is-own-928245/

N1h1l1ty

Yeah I don't mean to take it as gospel, I'm just saying that from the threads I've read, the success of the mix wasn't just limited to a select few people - Considering the awful nature of Honda fluids has been repeatedly brought up on multiple forums, I figure I might as well give it a try.

polobunny

I think it lacks proof of anything. Guy has a picture of other people TL, yet nowhere says its his.
Cancer post.





Also I'm kinda of a in a grey area concerning an android game where I've built a small bot using Tasker + android shell to simulate taps on my phone. That way I can not get my base destroyed since I'm always in "edit base" mode and I'm racking up points in the background. I wake up the phone, wait 2 secs, send the tap coordinate, wait 2 secs, turn screen off and sleep for 45.
Sure the ethics are dubious, but hey, I'll be #1 at some point.

Just had to share with you guys.