XC92
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- Jul 22, 2020
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No, I'm not talking after a long period of use and many miles. I mean within a few weeks to months, half a year at most, and a few hundred to thousand miles.
I'm asking because it looks like I'm going to have to cut short an overly ambitious restoration job on my '92 Talon TSi AWD, that included among many other tasks fixing an issue with the trans where it pops out of 1st gear under load. For reasons beyond my control I have to move the car from the driveway where it's parked by next week, and park it on the street, which means that I have to finish up what I'm doing and put everything back on so it can be driven, registered, insured and inspected.
I have enough time to do most of the other tasks, but there'simply no way that I'll be able to fix the trans issue by then, as I've never so much as dropped a trans till not let alone opened one up and rebuilt one. To do it right I'd need weeks, as I'd be learning as I went and I want to get it right. So at some point after the car's legal and driveable again, I'll have to drop the trans again and get to this issue.
Most likely this won't be before next spring, as I don't have a garage or an indoor facility to work on the car and here in NYC it's not fun working on a car during the colder and wetter months. But who knows, it might warm up or I might find a place to work on it indoors.
I'd already drained the oil, so I need to refill it. I'm going with Mitsubishi OEM, as the car is stock and I don't intend to race it. My question is, can I reuse it after driving the car for a while with it (assuming that there aren't serious issues with the trans like chewed-up metal that would ruin the oil)? Or do I have to put in new oil every time I drain it, even if it's just a few hundred miles and several months?
If I can't reuse the oil, I was thinking of putting something cheaper but still decent in it, for now, and putting in the good stuff after I've fixed this issue. This could also sort of "flush" the trans of anything bad that's in there, akin to engine oil or coolant flush. Would that work, and what do you recommend in terms of cheap but decent oil to use for a relatively short period of time and not many miles?
I'm asking because it looks like I'm going to have to cut short an overly ambitious restoration job on my '92 Talon TSi AWD, that included among many other tasks fixing an issue with the trans where it pops out of 1st gear under load. For reasons beyond my control I have to move the car from the driveway where it's parked by next week, and park it on the street, which means that I have to finish up what I'm doing and put everything back on so it can be driven, registered, insured and inspected.
I have enough time to do most of the other tasks, but there'simply no way that I'll be able to fix the trans issue by then, as I've never so much as dropped a trans till not let alone opened one up and rebuilt one. To do it right I'd need weeks, as I'd be learning as I went and I want to get it right. So at some point after the car's legal and driveable again, I'll have to drop the trans again and get to this issue.
Most likely this won't be before next spring, as I don't have a garage or an indoor facility to work on the car and here in NYC it's not fun working on a car during the colder and wetter months. But who knows, it might warm up or I might find a place to work on it indoors.
I'd already drained the oil, so I need to refill it. I'm going with Mitsubishi OEM, as the car is stock and I don't intend to race it. My question is, can I reuse it after driving the car for a while with it (assuming that there aren't serious issues with the trans like chewed-up metal that would ruin the oil)? Or do I have to put in new oil every time I drain it, even if it's just a few hundred miles and several months?
If I can't reuse the oil, I was thinking of putting something cheaper but still decent in it, for now, and putting in the good stuff after I've fixed this issue. This could also sort of "flush" the trans of anything bad that's in there, akin to engine oil or coolant flush. Would that work, and what do you recommend in terms of cheap but decent oil to use for a relatively short period of time and not many miles?