what happens if you put automatic transmission fuild in a manual transmission?

Question

2001 Ford Focus ZX3 - 5-speed manual transmission

Answer 1

The type of transmission fluid specified by the manufacturer is dependent upon the synchronizer blocker ring material used in the manual tranmission in question. With that said, you may experience difficulty shifting gears, if the wrong specification of fluid is used. The book specifies only 1.9 liters for its total fluid capacity on your particular car, so it's not a lot of fluid wasted, if it was mistakenly put in.

Answer 2

You put the transmission fluid in the wrong place, Just let the fuel tank get close to empty and fill it up... This should displace enough of the transmission fluid. There is a lot of missing information in this question because for one, You cannot add transmission fluid to a manual transmission car in haste and for Two, It will not smoke if you did (it might make it hard to shift).

Answer 3

Straight from the owners manual of a 2001 Ford Focus ZX3 w/ manual transmission:

Required to use only fluid that has been released by Ford under WSDM2C200C. This is a 75 weight gear oil and it takes 2 quarts when changing. You CANNOT use auto tranny fluid (Mercron/Mercron V) as auto tranny fluid expands. Using auto tranny fluid can damage your gears.

Answer 4

like the figu... said you don't.
manual trannys run on gear oil not trans. fluid and you didn't put any in because you cant without removing the tranny
all these people saying it okay and stuff need to learn a little more on the subject before answering especially the "mechanic" guy
Bill r is the dip stick he keeps saying manual trannys use auto tranny fluid if that was true do you think they would still call it auto tranny fluid NO that's why its called gear oil and F.Y.I. tranny fluid is hydraulic and not a lubricant but gear OIL is and it only needs to be replaced when rebuilding or if water gets in the case. listen to the lady that has the same car!

Answer 5

Let me put it this way. Automatic trans fluid is like 20W oil....pretty thin. Manual trans fluid is 90W....like molasses in January.
There is a reason for that.
So, if you did it drain it like pronto. Manual transmissions will last the life of the car with the same oil in them(200,000 miles plus) There is no reason to go in there.
They are sealed up pretty tight. and the rear tranny seal never blows as there is no pressure build up in the transmission housing.
The only reason for going inside a manual transmission is if you method of driving is "grind to find" the gears.

Answer 6

most manual transmissions use auto tranny fluid. Make sure its the right kind of auto tranny fluid, Such as Mercon Dexron III
look in your owners manual to find out what you need
Tattoovinnie is wrong and should do his research most manual transmissons today use auto tranny fluid. He is the d.b. who doesnt know his *** froma hole in the ground

Answer 7

check you manual it may require mercon not sure which tranny you have make sure you use the exact same fluid as mercon and mercon 5 are different

ford has been using mercon for years as a manual fluid My 1994 explorer was mercon filled
those of you that don't know shut your pieholes

I hope this link helps

Answer 8

if you used Redline Syn oil your ok, because it works in all applications

but check your owners manual, because some call for much heavier gear oil, like 85-115wt, and others like the T5 in the Mustang actually calls for ATF

Answer 9

i own a shop and nothing will happen, i think that's what that car uses is automatic fluid they changed them years ago because transmission fluid cools better ,but you probably got the right stuff in it,good luck with it.

Answer 10

That is what you should use. Nothing will happen cuz you did the right thing.