motsco_ _ wrote:
>
> Mentioning your mileage is a helpful idea too. Your old tranny lube may
> just be exhausted. (or some clown already put non-honda stuff in it)Put
> in Honda MTF and see. It's not like you're buying five gallons :-)
>
> 'Curly'

Good point. '94 Civic Si, mileage now at 104k, transmission fluid
replaced about every 30k, last time at 94k at independent shop that
swore they used Honda MTL. No noticeable change in tranny behavior after
the 94k change.

Googleing, I found that the complaint was not seal failures as I
remembered, but a bearing cage failure. I found one report of this, but
no cause and effect analysis. I found a number of reports from people
having used Redline MTL in Hondas over long distances with no issues.
Redline tech support recommends their MTL for the Civic in Northern
California's moderate climate.

I'll change to Redline MTL some time in the next week or so unless
someone points out a compelling reason not to.

Thanks for all your thoughts and comments.