kia carens m/t hard to shift gear

[wiper]

hi! good pm to all. I have my 40km pms performed somewhere 2 weeks ago. After draining the gear oil of my manual transmission. I experience hard shifting in the morning when the engine is cold. After traveling about few kms it slowly normalize. I suspected the gear oil use (petron gl40 90). While the manual specifies gl40 75w 85. Any comment.thank you

[Hanren]

i also had that same concerns before..until now. It also happened after they changed the gear oil during my 20k pms at kia baguio.

I brought this out to them pero sabi nila normal naman daw ang ganoon. what? sabi ko ako lang ang driver so i should know if there is something wrong.

some have suggested that the clutch needs to be adjusted...hirap mag shift lalo na sa first..

[niky]

Your suspicions are probably correct. Since it's a thicker oil, it takes longer to get up to temperature. Why didn't you use the specified oil?

[nickriingen]

Have your shifter linkage checked also, especially for cable type linkage.

[wiper]

Have your shifter linkage checked also, especially for cable type linkage.

I have the linkage checked last saturday. It improves a lot but sometimes its
still hard to shift.

Before anything else I would like to comment Bong Rosal and Louise for the personal service they render me. Keep up the good works. Thanks

[Revenant]

My friends and I (owners of Carens, Matrix, Accent CRDI) have had the same problem with the aforementioned gear oil changes because the Casa insists on putting 90w GL-4s. Among the best fluidity on cold engine shifting we've experienced came from Castrol 75w-90 and a Valvoline 75w-85 which specific model I have forgotten.

Another thing to consider is that they often put too much gear oil. The Matrix and Accent for example specify 2.0 liters but draining often show around 2.5-3 liters. It wasn't until I had it done on a gasoline station, following the manual, that I have had better results.

[wiper]

My friends and I (owners of Carens, Matrix, Accent CRDI) have had the same problem with the aforementioned gear oil changes because the Casa insists on putting 90w GL-4s. Among the best fluidity on cold engine shifting we've experienced came from Castrol 75w-90 and a Valvoline 75w-85 which specific model I have forgotten.

Another thing to consider is that they often put too much gear oil. The Matrix and Accent for example specify 2.0 liters but draining often show around 2.5-3 liters. It wasn't until I had it done on a gasoline station, following the manual, that I have had better results.

ask lang where did you buy the the valvoline 75w-85 or castrol 75w-90. I plan to drain the petron gear oil. thanks in advance

[wiper]

Your suspicions are probably correct. Since it's a thicker oil, it takes longer to get up to temperature. Why didn't you use the specified oil?

Before I change the transmission oil, I have asked the casa what specification of oil they used in 40t km gear oil change. they suggested that petron gl4 90
The problem is I cannot find gear oil with specification gl4 75w-85 in the market.