car popped out of third gear today... question - Honda Prelude Forum

G_Loc · 02-11-2003, 07:54 AM

is it possible that i may not have engaged it properly when i shifted?

i was doing about 35 and accelerating and it just popped out without warning. i didn't hear any grinding while in 3rd

marcucci · 02-11-2003, 08:44 AM

Possibly. If you have had and have no other problems, then yes. If you have other problems, then no.

Brady92/4WS · 02-11-2003, 12:28 PM

sounds bad, that **** happened to my friends 3rd gen and it was the synchros. It started off just popping out of 3rd and than it was 1st, 3rd and 5th.

CTPRELUDE · 02-11-2003, 01:56 PM

It can pop out if you didnt shift all the way into gear.

Probe 2C · 02-11-2003, 02:05 PM

It can happen if you didn't properly shift, however 90% of the time it will pop out instantly if that is the case (as in as soon as you hit the gas after shifting).

If this was just out of nowhere I would drain all the transaxle fluid, check for any metal, then refill with new fluid. It sounds alot like the syncro for 3rd would be getting worn.

132k+ Miles, if there were quite a few city miles, perhaps some 'spirited' driving. Yea, I could see the inside of your tranny being weak.

G_Loc · 02-11-2003, 03:08 PM

it happened like 1 or 2 seconds after shifting into 3rd..

i've been meaning to change the tranny fluid for a while... i guess i'll go through with it this weekend. just gotta find me a few bottles of Honda MTF.

i'll let you know if anything weird comes out of it, lol

thanks

oh, yea, i do quite a bit of spirited driving. i don't drive insanely fast, i've always just had a tendency to get up to speed faster than normal

if you had seen me driving my old car, you would have never known it had a 0-60 time of 10+ seconds. hehe

HoNdAHaXoR · 02-11-2003, 06:03 PM

thats what happend to me when my syncros ate it.. honda replaced my tranny complete... 100k miles ago.. no probs since.. its funny cuz the entire power train i have in my car isnt the one i bought from the dealer.. wierd.. haha 5th gen...<not exaclty the most reliable honda>

G_Loc · 02-11-2003, 06:23 PM

100k miles ago or 10k?

under your name it says you have 110k on OEM clutch...

Fast&furiuslude · 02-11-2003, 07:25 PM

happned to my friends civic. Popped out of 2nd then he waited awhile and it fixed itself. It was his synchros.

LUDE'Z · 02-11-2003, 08:05 PM

How did it fix itself, did he change the tranny fluid?

DudewithaLude · 02-11-2003, 08:08 PM

Is it a bad sign when the tranny oil is as dark as my motor oil? Thats what I found when I changed it for the 60K maint.

screamer5300 · 02-11-2003, 09:46 PM

i had mine popped out on 2nd, 3rd, and 5th before. (this was when i was learning how to drive a stick)

your letting your clutch go little faster than you put the shifter in gear.

it just lingers and pops out.

coil222 · 02-11-2003, 09:48 PM

Be careful, My 5th was doing this and I blew up the transmission by driving on it before I could get it looked at.

G_Loc · 02-12-2003, 01:51 PM

hmm

it hasn't done it since that one time yesterday and i've driven alot since then and no grinding or anything out of the ordinary.

must've been a bad shift on my part... im changing the tranny oil this weekend.

screamer5300 · 02-15-2003, 03:35 AM

i've don't do this now tho. just refill your tranny oil. Changing the whole thing is expensive...