Miata Mailing List: July 1993, Message #21
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Subject: tranny fluid...
   Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1993 09:50:30 -0400


Re:
The service person went on to explain that many Mazdas (incl Miatas)
come from the factory with ATF in the manual transmission - to make
cold-weather shifting easier.

What do you think of this?

-I think they're nuts and they belong at my local dealer who told me that air
would work itself out of my brake system. From my years of working at a dealer
I don't remember any manual trannies with ATF in them (of course I mainly
worked in parts). We did keep plenty of gear lube in stock. Our mechanics
definitely used gear lube in the manual trannies, regardless of what came out
during the service.

I have a few questions regarding my car-
When the dealer was repainting the engine compartment (after leaking
brake fluid damage) some overspray got onto the fender. I took the car to the
dealer this morning to have clean it and they only got about half of it. Does
anyone have any recommendations on what to use to clean the rest of it off the
fender? I don't think that I want to go to this dealer much more for this
problem.
I also asked the dealer to check the PS reservoir, there is a bit of
fluid on the outside of the reservoir and adjacent body panels. The mechanic
siad this was normal from "capillary action." At Road America last weekend I
chacked under the hoods of about three dozen miatas and only one with PS had
any signs of even a slight coating of fluid on the outside. This measn it's not
normal (no one on CIS reported any trouble, either). Does anyone have any
thoughts about causes or solutions?
Thanks in advance.
-alex-