Manual Transmission Question

Hey guys!

Let me first off say this is an excelent site, lots of great information and hard work!

My Question is, I have a 06 with the 6-speed manual transmission, I usually shift around 2500 rpm, but when accelerating up a small hill near my home if I shift any less rpm from 1st gear to 2nd gear the transmission makes an aweful growleing noise under light acceleration, as for my truck it only has 90,000 kms on it. Now when asking the service tech, he states its a less refined transmission, its supposed to be clunky and noisy. Does anyone else have a tacoma that sounds like a diesel ford? or is it just me?

Thanks again

 

mine does it too, i think your rpm's are just too low just shift normally or more than 2500 rpm's if necessary

 

my first gen does the same thing, as did both my old vehicles. I think its normal.

edit: welcome to TW!

 

When you're going up hills, especially steep ones, try shifting at higher RPM, upwards of 2800. It sounds to me like you're bogging the engine going uphill and shifting low.

 

thanks guys, thats what I figured just shifting too low, on a side note, what rpm does everyone shift at for best fuel milage? I am prolly burning more fuel bogging the engine.

 

i'll shift about 2000-2500 rpm and i'm averaging 17... but i'm a prerunner

 

To conserve fuel, I try and keep my shifts around 1700-2000 RPM. I'm in Kitchener though... VERRRRRY flat here! Langley has a lot more hills, and mountains as far as I can remember.

 

I'm in the same boat.

 

i usually shift between 2 and 2.5k for economy (typically get 18mpg mixed city and highway). but going up hills i generally shift ~3k to keep the power.