If you can get someone to shift gears, engine off of course while you are looking at all that linkage, you can see a whole bunch of stuff moving. Those two large arms sitting on that shaft sticking out of the transmission is one of the main spots.
Any joint that moves needs a spray of that oil.
Only equivalent manual transmission oil I could find that specifies that 19259104 part number is:
http://www.royalpurpleconsumer.com/...le_Transmission_Lubricant_Cross_Reference.pdf
Sites like Amsoil or Redline claim they have no compatible oil for the Cruze.MT. Although several claimed to use these brands with good results.
Also looked at several major oil company sites by application rather than the GM part number with similar results, no equivalents for the Cruze MT.
Haven't come to any conclusions yet, GM part number list price is over 38 bucks a quart that is what a dealer would charge, with labor, this could come to well over 200 bucks for a couple of quarts of oil. Kind of a sticker shock for an old guy use to paying around 30 cents for a quart. Changing the oil in my old Honda's was only a couple of bucks.
Had to move my screwdriver rearward to find a low spot.
Any comments would be appreciated, but the oil in my MT looks like it was put in yesterday. And do I go by the 2012 manuals, including shop, or the 2014?
Ha, some of kids paying to get engine oil changes by their dealers were always told, they should replace either this or that fluid, AT, coolant, brake, PS, differential, etc., and put under a lot of pressure to do so. Finally gave up and decided to change their own engine oil.
Of the course only happened after their BB warranty expired, everything was wrong, we should replace your hub bearings, ball joints, struts, alternator, PS pump, etc., you may get killed. During warranty, nothing was wrong.
Ha, my Chevy dealer wants 75 bucks for an engine oil change, screw you, for 75 bucks, I will change it myself.