<![CDATA[Is this another common problem with DSMs?]]>I got up this morning and checked out weather.com to find out it is -25 outside. My roomies car wouldn't start so it made me worry about mine. I had a class at 9:00 so I decided to start it at 8:30 so it could warm up for a while.

Althhough it didn't want to start, it did reluctantly. So I let it idle for about 15 minutes while I went back inside to see if they called off school (No such luck.) I come back outside at about 8:50 which should give me reasonable time to get to school.

I try getting my car into reverse but it just won't go. I sat tried to do it for about 15 minutes with no luck. I ended up hitching a ride with a girl to school but never went to class because I hate interupting a professor.

Is this a problem with DSM's hating to go into reverse like this or is this just a cold weather problem?

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JamesonTSI-AWD wrote:
yeah the cold is tuff for reverse sometimes but i have had the problem without the extreme cold, just put it in fourth and let off the clutch just a very little bit, and then put it in reverse quick, works everytime man

as far as the syncromesh, i wouldnt go with penzoil, i dont know if the put perafin in there like they do with there oil, but if they do it is no good, it is like a wax that will coat the gears, and builds up. i have seen some bad stuff happen to motors with penzoil!

NO PENZOIL! haha

Gm and Pennzoil Syncromesh are the same!!! Pennziol makes it for GM and has the same part number.. But i wouldnt use it.... lol

Kevin
sls

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92TSIpos wrote:
i feel your pain man, I went to put my car in reverse and it wouldnt go in at all. Then it overheated because all my "coolant" froze inside the radiator and now its sitting at stop n go :mad:

POS

You mean all your water froze in your radiator...

Kevin
sls

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/27020https://fargostreet.com/post/27020Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:42:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:57:43 GMT]]>or it doesnt say GM on it and its not sold be a dealer?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/26478https://fargostreet.com/post/26478Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:57:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:49:52 GMT]]>cheaper is generally not better, there is probably just more shitty addatives to make it cheaper!

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/26475https://fargostreet.com/post/26475Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:49:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:23:05 GMT]]>I agree...penzoil does not make very good oil. It just makes a mess. I have heard the same thing(no proof though) of havoline their products.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/26385https://fargostreet.com/post/26385Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:23:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:31:40 GMT]]>sorry bout that... didn't read that post!

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Bad93ex wrote:
I think I am going to try some Pennzoil Syncromesh. I have read on dsmtuners that it works well and is about $5 cheaper per bottle than the GM stuff even though it is the same stuff.

i have no idea..... i was just thinkin they probably would put parafin in there

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/26337https://fargostreet.com/post/26337Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:39:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:22:38 GMT]]>penzoil makes their own synchromesh

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/26329https://fargostreet.com/post/26329Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:22:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:17:55 GMT]]>

JamesonTSI-AWD wrote:
as far as the syncromesh, i wouldnt go with penzoil, i dont know if the put perafin in there like they do with there oil, but if they do it is no good, it is like a wax that will coat the gears, and builds up. i have seen some bad stuff happen to motors with penzoil!

NO PENZOIL! haha

maybe i'm just confused... but synchromesh isn't made by penzoil.......... ?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/26326https://fargostreet.com/post/26326Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:17:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:22:02 GMT]]>yeah the cold is tuff for reverse sometimes but i have had the problem without the extreme cold, just put it in fourth and let off the clutch just a very little bit, and then put it in reverse quick, works everytime man

as far as the syncromesh, i wouldnt go with penzoil, i dont know if the put perafin in there like they do with there oil, but if they do it is no good, it is like a wax that will coat the gears, and builds up. i have seen some bad stuff happen to motors with penzoil!

NO PENZOIL! haha

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/26309https://fargostreet.com/post/26309Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:22:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Sun, 16 Jan 2005 01:43:15 GMT]]>gvr4 as in tranny....doh!

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/24379https://fargostreet.com/post/24379Sun, 16 Jan 2005 01:43:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Sun, 16 Jan 2005 01:42:29 GMT]]>my dsm has kinda been having the same going into (R) problem every now and then...and when it is a problem just keep on semi-forcing it in (dont grind it) and slightly let off the clutch a little bit until it pops into gear...thats what i do anyway and it works for me...then again, i got a new gvr4 😄 .....but its worth a shot

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/24378https://fargostreet.com/post/24378Sun, 16 Jan 2005 01:42:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Sat, 15 Jan 2005 19:26:08 GMT]]>I Know how that is , R is hard to get in to when its cold out. You have a Jdm Tranny so you may want to look at your linkages and adjust them properly.. Also a good Idea to switch over to some othr fluids..

Kevin
sls

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/24309https://fargostreet.com/post/24309Sat, 15 Jan 2005 19:26:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:23:20 GMT]]>that would suck if it was. i told him the other day to put some coolant in it

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/24270https://fargostreet.com/post/24270Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:23:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:09:43 GMT]]>Fucking cheap ass, putting near straight water in @ below zero temps...LMFAO. BTW that isnt your fluidyne is it?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/24267https://fargostreet.com/post/24267Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:09:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Sat, 15 Jan 2005 15:46:15 GMT]]>

92TSIpos wrote:
i feel your pain man, I went to put my car in reverse and it wouldnt go in at all. Then it overheated because all my "coolant" froze inside the radiator and now its sitting at stop n go :mad:

POS

maybe you should have put some "coolant" in it

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/24254https://fargostreet.com/post/24254Sat, 15 Jan 2005 15:46:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:15:20 GMT]]>Ouch that sucks to hear man. Just hope for an early spring.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/24105https://fargostreet.com/post/24105Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:15:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:13:09 GMT]]>i feel your pain man, I went to put my car in reverse and it wouldnt go in at all. Then it overheated because all my "coolant" froze inside the radiator and now its sitting at stop n go :mad:

POS

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/24101https://fargostreet.com/post/24101Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:13:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:05:39 GMT]]>

PSiedTSi wrote:
when its running or when its not?

When it was off. So what does it mean then?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/24094https://fargostreet.com/post/24094Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:05:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:03:51 GMT]]>when its running or when its not?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/24092https://fargostreet.com/post/24092Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:03:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:03:04 GMT]]>I just tried and reverse is a little reluctant to go in but it does when it is off.

I guess it has the same part # as the GM stuff but is under a different name. I did look into on Dsmtuners.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/24091https://fargostreet.com/post/24091Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:03:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:02:44 GMT]]>johnson bought it for his car too

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Bad93ex wrote:
I think I am going to try some Pennzoil Syncromesh. I have read on dsmtuners that it works well and is about $5 cheaper per bottle than the GM stuff even though it is the same stuff.

You sure its the same stuff? Your tranny is worth a good deal more then $15, I dunno...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/24089https://fargostreet.com/post/24089Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:00:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is this another common problem with DSMs? on Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:53:34 GMT]]>its worth a shot isnt it? usually that only is for when like synchros are bad but hey ya never know

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