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Originally Posted by MrBodyMassage
My clutch started slipping 1,000 miles ago. I baby my car, have never tracked it, and only have an intake and exhaust on it. I have driven manuals for a decade, and my technique is fine. I replaced the transmission fluid with Pentosin about 10,000 miles ago. When I took it into the dealer for the clutch slipping, they tore it down to reveal transmission fluid on the pressure plate and clutch. The input shaft seal was leaking fluid. The fluid was a different color than stock, so Subaru cried foul. The service manager went to bat for me and said that the stock fluid had just changed color over time. Subaru was concerned that non-stock transmission fluid will leak past seals, trying to pin the blame on that. Service manager could not tell if the seal was to blame or the fluid was actually too thin.
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I'm sorry.
This just reeks of a bad service manager.
"Service manager could not tell if seal was to blame or the fluid was actually too thin."???????????????????????
Really?
If you used an oil within the specs that the FSM or owner's manual called for, there would be zero issue and the seal would be to blame.
Subaru may have complained about the non-OEM fluid, but that's an irrelevant issue and shows a gap in communication between the dealer and the regional service rep. Any properly trained monkey (or laser shark) can provide the proper info.
But back to what I wrote above: What this service manager is smoking, I want to know.
-alex