rostapher16
05-17-2010, 08:51 PM
I believe I need to change the ATF in my M46, see if this makes sense.
Unless I come to a dead stop, it is difficult to get it into 1st.
Sometimes when I stop at a light in neutral, the car still creeps forward when I take my foot off the brake like it was an automatic. This only happens sometimes.
I did find someone talking about this issue in a Mazda forum and they said that if the ATF was starting to get really viscous then the friction might be enough to move the car a little.
That being said, I know the M46 needs ATF type F or G. Does changing the AFT make sense to do in this situation? Any particular brand that you like to use? Is this fairly easy to do?
Thanks for any info or advice.
~rostapher
Also, in the random repair category. The clutch cable pulled through the firewall (bent the sheet metal up and everything) when my wife was driving the car the other day. Has this happened to anyone else?
Unless I come to a dead stop, it is difficult to get it into 1st.
Sometimes when I stop at a light in neutral, the car still creeps forward when I take my foot off the brake like it was an automatic. This only happens sometimes.
I did find someone talking about this issue in a Mazda forum and they said that if the ATF was starting to get really viscous then the friction might be enough to move the car a little.
That being said, I know the M46 needs ATF type F or G. Does changing the AFT make sense to do in this situation? Any particular brand that you like to use? Is this fairly easy to do?
Thanks for any info or advice.
~rostapher
Also, in the random repair category. The clutch cable pulled through the firewall (bent the sheet metal up and everything) when my wife was driving the car the other day. Has this happened to anyone else?