Gear change actually feels worse after oil change

[Vyse]

So I change the gearbox oil in my Honda for the stuff that is recommended i.e. Honda MTF3. Its been a couple days now since the change and it has gotten slightly better than day 1, but its still someway off before the change. Prior to the change the change was butter smooth. Is this a normal phenomenon and is the change likely to be back to as before?

I assume the new oil is still working its way around all the cogs.

[Steffan]

Not in my experience. Could you have disturbed the linkage during the oil change. Are you certain the correct oil was definitely used? It I certainly not common for clean oil of the approved type to make gear changes worse.

[Vyse]

The change was actually carried out by a well known well respected Honda specialist.

[TheEnd]

I had something like this with a BMW box, it was almost as if you could feel the oil and friction, but if faded away over time.

[Steffan]

Vyse said:

The change was actually carried out by a well known well respected Honda specialist.

Ah! I took your words "I changed the oil" to mean just that. I would ask the well known respected Honda specialist for ther opinion. They did the job. Their problem.

[Vyse]

That gives me some hope, I might give it another week. My journey to work is only 4 miles one way so it might take a few extra miles to smooth things out.

Regarding the guys that changed my oil. Am convinced they did everything correctly as they are unlikely to make amateur mistakes. They've probably change gearbox oil hundreds of times.

TheEnd said:

I had something like this with a BMW box, it was almost as if you could feel the oil and friction, but if faded away over time.

[Locknut]

I thought some of those Hondas used engine oil in the gearbox?

[Sardonicus]

Locknut said:

I thought some of those Hondas used engine oil in the gearbox?

Many moons ago yes they did