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Yeah, use GL-4 in the gearbox and transfer box! GL-5 is for the diffs! 😉
As I said, my ex-mechanic is steep on prices. He once charged me 300$ for an oil change… yeah, I know… don’t say anything! :sick: I do all my maintenance now and it’s bloody fun! 😆
Yeah, use GL-4 in the gearbox and transfer box! GL-5 is for the diffs! 😉
As I said, my ex-mechanic is steep on prices. He once charged me 300$ for an oil change… yeah, I know… don’t say anything! :sick: I do all my maintenance now and it’s bloody fun! 😆
I sure will! 🙂 The cost of the master cilinder was about the same of the labour. It all added up to 300€ (390US$). My mechanic is expensive and since I discovered he used crappy coolant, or just straight water in my other Suzuki colling system (it’s rusty), I’m going down the DYI route from now on! 😉
I don’t have any workshop manual for the Vitara/Sidekick that will help you (I have one for mine but it only covers the specifics of my version), but search ebay or your Suzuki dealer may have some that will sell! They’re really helpful if you want to start doing things yourself. The Haynes Manual for the Geo Tracker only covers the cable clutch, so not very helpful in this case! :dry:
I sure will! 🙂 The cost of the master cilinder was about the same of the labour. It all added up to 300€ (390US$). My mechanic is expensive and since I discovered he used crappy coolant, or just straight water in my other Suzuki colling system (it’s rusty), I’m going down the DYI route from now on! 😉
I don’t have any workshop manual for the Vitara/Sidekick that will help you (I have one for mine but it only covers the specifics of my version), but search ebay or your Suzuki dealer may have some that will sell! They’re really helpful if you want to start doing things yourself. The Haynes Manual for the Geo Tracker only covers the cable clutch, so not very helpful in this case! :dry:
Hello! I have a 1997 Suzuki Baleno 1.3l(european Esteem) and my transmission is also hard to shift. The transmission oil was not changed in 150.000km (93.000 miles) and I suspected that was the cause for my hard shifting… so I changed it for Texaco Multigear 75w-90 GL-4 and surprise, surprise it only improved a little bit. So, unless you put really good stuff in there (Redline transmission oils have very good reviews and heal some shifting problems), I would say that changing your transmission oil will not do much! 😉
Hello! I have a 1997 Suzuki Baleno 1.3l(european Esteem) and my transmission is also hard to shift. The transmission oil was not changed in 150.000km (93.000 miles) and I suspected that was the cause for my hard shifting… so I changed it for Texaco Multigear 75w-90 GL-4 and surprise, surprise it only improved a little bit. So, unless you put really good stuff in there (Redline transmission oils have very good reviews and heal some shifting problems), I would say that changing your transmission oil will not do much! 😉
Hello! I have a similar problem in my 1997 Suzuki Vitara (European Sidekick)! Just for curiosity sake, it’s a 2.0 intercooled turbodiesel!
First, I would like to tell you that if you engage 1st and then 2nd and then reverse, your reverse will engage just fine. Mine also grinded a lot, but since I started doing this it never grinded anymore!:)
Now, speaking of the problem itself, it started out by 2nd being a little hesitant to engage. It progressed so that 2nd gear was REALLY hard to engage when cold. By this time, 1st was also dificult to engage when hot and when I shifted from 4th to 3rd cold, 3rd was very relunctant to engage. Since it’s my parents car, I had to convince them to repair the problem, or else the sincronizers could go in an instant and the expense would be much bigger. I sent the car to my local mechanic and he replaced the clutch master cilinder (the fluid on the old one was black… change it regularly folks!). For a month or two 2nd and 3rd gear were fine and smooth to engange, but 1st continued to be reluctant to engage when hot, unless like you say, the car is moving really slowly!
Now, funny thing. This all this started when I asked my dealer (Suzuki dealer btw) to change the transmission oil amongst other things. He changed it for a 75w-90 GL-4 like the manual says, but of a brand I’m not really a fan of (portuguese oil company – GALP). For a few weeks it shifted like a hot knife through butter, but then came the notchyness… tired of all of this and not wanting to damage my transmission any further I’m going to order Redline MT-90 to see if the problem really was the transmission oil or I have something wrong with the clutch.
My car has 208500km (130.000 miles) and unless it was not specified in the recipts, the transmission oil and clutch fluid were not changed in 200.000km….:sick:
Hello! I have a similar problem in my 1997 Suzuki Vitara (European Sidekick)! Just for curiosity sake, it’s a 2.0 intercooled turbodiesel!
First, I would like to tell you that if you engage 1st and then 2nd and then reverse, your reverse will engage just fine. Mine also grinded a lot, but since I started doing this it never grinded anymore!:)
Now, speaking of the problem itself, it started out by 2nd being a little hesitant to engage. It progressed so that 2nd gear was REALLY hard to engage when cold. By this time, 1st was also dificult to engage when hot and when I shifted from 4th to 3rd cold, 3rd was very relunctant to engage. Since it’s my parents car, I had to convince them to repair the problem, or else the sincronizers could go in an instant and the expense would be much bigger. I sent the car to my local mechanic and he replaced the clutch master cilinder (the fluid on the old one was black… change it regularly folks!). For a month or two 2nd and 3rd gear were fine and smooth to engange, but 1st continued to be reluctant to engage when hot, unless like you say, the car is moving really slowly!
Now, funny thing. This all this started when I asked my dealer (Suzuki dealer btw) to change the transmission oil amongst other things. He changed it for a 75w-90 GL-4 like the manual says, but of a brand I’m not really a fan of (portuguese oil company – GALP). For a few weeks it shifted like a hot knife through butter, but then came the notchyness… tired of all of this and not wanting to damage my transmission any further I’m going to order Redline MT-90 to see if the problem really was the transmission oil or I have something wrong with the clutch.
My car has 208500km (130.000 miles) and unless it was not specified in the recipts, the transmission oil and clutch fluid were not changed in 200.000km….:sick: