16v tranny self machine question

[Captnbr@aol.com]

I have heard a lot about this lately.  OK, exactly what happens in the tranny 
when this happens?  My rocco has aprox 150,000 miles on it and I pray that 
this will never happen.  Can you tell it is going to happen before hand, are 
there any signs that it is about to happen?  I consider myself to have an 
excellent tranny for its age, No grinding, smooth shifting, syncros seem 
good. is there anything that can be done to prevent it, like frequent oil 
change.

To those who have had this happen to them, what fluid were you using?  Were 
you using Red line?  I have heard people swear by Red line that it makes the 
shifting real smooth and I have also heard it can cause problems later down 
the road.  I have not done the switch yet.

What type of driving do you do., city, Highway, balls to the wall at every 
light, never reving past 5000.  I am just trying to correlate these things to 
see if it can be prevented.

Brian 86 16v
Knocking on wood right now 

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