Protege manual transmission fluid

Prequalify for Financing How does it work? Loan Calculator. General Questions. Report Follow. Mark helpful. Your Answer:. Upload Photo Photo optional. Related Questions. Start a new Mazda Protege question. Own this car? Share your experience with others. I am amazed how clean the gear oil is.

Its like it was just put in there yesterday, not k miles ago. Why does it stay so clean but motor oil is dirty within a couple thousand miles? Last edited by SharkB8 ; , PM. Reason: typo. For some reason I thought I needed 8 quarts of fluid, and I only needed about 3. Rather than taking it back for a refund I could but the bottles are sort of scuffed up and dirty now , could I use this gear 75w90 gear oil as motor oil in a lawn motor, wood splitter or even my car? Save it for next gearlube change.

You should be on about a 30k interval to make the trans live longer. And a Brabus E55 K8, removing all doubt. A guy at work told me I would need to pick up 8 quarts. Of course this guy also told me that hydraulic fluid is just as good, and a lot cheaper, so I should have known something was wrong. I'm no mechanic but I thought that for gears, maybe gear oil would be best. BTW, what would happen if I overfill the gear oil area?

Since the oil fill hole is in such a convenient location, I basically just filled it to overflowing, and then siphoned a bunch out with some plastic fuel line until the level was i think somewhere close to the top of the plastic mini-gear shown in ftjandra's picture above. I couldn't really tell though - by that point everything within sight was covered in oil. If anything there might be just a bit too much. What would happen if there were a lot too much?

All rights reserved. Yes No. OK Cancel. This video shows you how to add transmission fluid to your Mazda Protege5. Before adding transmission fluid, make sure that your engine was running when you checked the fluid level. If the transmission fluid level on your Protege5 is low, you need to add fluid through the dipstick tube.

Mazda has been developed sophisticated transmissions through years and it is critical that you add the exact type of transmission fluid stipulated by your owner's manual typically in the back of the manual in a section titled Fluid Capacities.

When adding transmission fluid to your Protege5, be sure to add it slowly as the transmission fluid capacity is reached quickly and it is difficult to remove excess fluid if you overfill. If you are having problems with the transmission in your Protege5, such as clunky shifting or hesitation, check the fluid level first - it is amazing how many drivers pay thousands of dollars for transmission work when a half quart of transmission fluid would have fixed the problem.

Hans Angermeier has produced over , videos showing drivers how to fix things on their cars. He has broad expertise on basic repair procedures covering the majority of cars on the road. If you are leaking oil and parking on your oil spots each night, the oil is breaking down your tires' rubber.