So i have 2 cars and both have been neglected drivetrain wise. First car 2013 equinox 2.4 awd. Drained the ff at 108k and it was super thin and black. 3 drain and fills later with maxlife multi vech. Still shifts the same. Only shifting problem really is harsh down shifts. Like comming to a stop it sometimes gives you a nice jerk. It has 2k miles on the maxlife now with not much improvement. I did the drain and fills about 250 miles apart. I got some lubegaurd red im going to add tomorrow. Do you think this will fix or help it? Second car is a 2012 cruze 1.4 6 spd. Cruze has no shifting problems really. Once in a while on a cold start and morning 40f it will be pretty hard to put in first like something is holding it out. But then goes in fine no grind or nothing. It rarley grinds doing a faster than normal 2-3 shift but i cant tell if its me or the car. Also i changed the factory fluid at 90k and it was underfilled at 1.6 qts tsb says do 2.5 qts now. I put in amsoil 75w90 as reccomened on cruzetalk for more spirited drivers. The ff was still somewhat gold in color. I wanted to add lubegaurd gear to this just to help protect the tranny. And maybe help with shifts. Its a holden m32 tranny i think and there know to overheat and kill 6th gear.
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