Hi all,

I need advice for gearbox oil for honda city 1.5 vtec 2008, what brand to use, honda brand or market brand fluid? whis one is best and how much cost?

What is ATF and CVT?

Sorry, don't know anything about that thing.

Thanks in advanced.

better use honda cvt oil, dont use other brands!

just use Honda CVTF @ CVT oil..

no need to pening2..hehe

hi mr.Kirie,

i just get my second hand city idsi 2005. can i ask you about technical thing on this unit of car if got problem?

better ask here as a lot of sifus can help u..

i'm newbie only

This post has been edited by Kirie: Apr 1 2012, 10:47 PM

Stick to Honda CVTF fluid even if there's a bunch of other brands wit some claim to be compatible.

If u need real technical info on CVT fitted City/Jazz, u might wanna check out TeamCity site. Plenty of gurus there.

CVTF: Continuous variable transmission fluid for CVT gearbox, all honda city's from 3G to 4.5 G have this, other popular cars that have this is honda insight and mitsu lancer, construction wise CVT gearbox is the cheapest and simplest.

ATF is the automatic transmission fluid for auto gearboxes with proper gears. Note that City CVT does not have proper gears. Google for CVT gearbox as its a very complex topic to explain without a diagram...

I almost used CVT oil on my '03 Jazz..then the mechanic asked me to change to ATF oil..that was about 6 month ago when I 1st time changing my gearbox oil..its a 2nd hand car..is it any effect if I used CVT oil on ATF gearbox..??thanks..

Depends on which model ur using coz there was a batch of 1.4 Jazz/Fit which uses a convensional g.box instead of CVT. These 4-speed units should b fine for 'typical' Honda approved ATF.

CVTF n ATF r made up of different compounds,agents n additives coz both work differently in controlling d different types of stress,wear n tear in both types of transmission. If ur CVT unit is using ATF now, better do flushing to remove d wrong lube b4 any problems start.

Note: Tis ATF in CVT issue happend to some initial City years ago coz d ppl servicin it wasnt aware of d different lubes. It resulted to some premature transmission failures to their unlucky owners.

This post has been edited by Deja Vu: Apr 3 2012, 02:11 PM

thanks for the explanation..i guess mine is ATF..4 speed..got no shifter behind steering..not like the later version, '05 and above..guess i'm using the correct oil for my gearbox..right now i'm in searching of a workshop in kuantan to fix my gearbox coz got leaking..need to fix it ASAP before its going to cause other huge problem..

Anyone know the right transmission oil for 2008 Honda City Idsi ? I've been putting cvtf oil since everyone recommended it . but as far as i know it's for 7 speed clutch? i dont think mine has ?

really need opinion on it. thanks forumers

Do you guys realize that for every car there is engine oil filter , and transmission fluid also have transmission oil filter ? Most automobile manufacturers recommend a transmission filter change every 2 years, or every 30,000 miles (whichever comes first). When your mechanic replaces the filter, he or she should also change the fluid, and replace the transmission pan gasket. i believe most people don't know about it. no surprise, no people mentioned it right ?