2014/15 Mazda Auto 6 speed

a water based glue?
For what?

Which Mazda would that apply to?

I drove my 2014 6 speed auto BT50 through 3 days of rain and a couple of water crossings recently. I still have six speeds, all the same as when they came out of the factory :-)

Mazda have factory-standard remote, diff, transmission, and transfer case breathers and advertise 800mm wading depth which would get the transmission wet.

Same for Ford Ranger - they are virtually the same vehicle mechanically.

The forums report some manual transmissions have a sticky shift. Maybe that's where the glue went :-)

My money is on mischievous urban myth. Hope I'm right.

Holds hot liquid oil in, but won't keep water out. Sounds reasonable to me.

Morto
I think you have been mated. ie, believing someone, "mate", who tells a story and it is believed.
I would also be interested in what glue is used in the gearbox and where and why.

I gotta admit, every gearbox I have come across, and there have been a few, in my life spent working on machinery, have been held together with bolts.

Never came across any glued together. Mind you, I wouldn't be surprised how cars are held together nowadays. Apparently the firewall in some makes is held in by some sort of high quality adhesive.
I haven't heard of any falling apart after going through the local car wash.

Cheers
Pop

hi morto
its apparent you have very little mechanical knowledge and some one is taking the p---- out of you
all gasket sealants are special compounds and are definatley not water soluble so i would suggest you erase that imfo from your mind you'll just make a laughing stock of yourself each time you mention it

It is possible that a water based sealant/adhesive is used in the assembly of the vehicle, many vehicles are painted with water based paints these days, but you don't see them stripped back to bare metal when it rains.
Once cured, these type of products are resistant to most things.