"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
news:Xns9745A9998379Dtegger@207.14.113.17:

> "Elle" <honda.lioness@earthlink.net> wrote in
> news:8xbwf.4628$%W1.1753@newsread2.news.atl.earthl ink.net:

>>
>> If Honda thought 10W-30 or -40 today is dangerous to the
>> transmission, I think they would have said something.
>
>
>
> They have.
>
> An example from the '02 RS-X manual (pg 13-4):
> "Always use Honda Manual Transmission Fluid (MTF). Using motor oil can
> cause stiffer shifting because it does not contain the correct
> additives."
>
>
>



Just checked the '96-'00 Civic Helm manual. It contains the same warning,
word for word.

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