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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: gearbox oil
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Randy Wilson wrote: > I can not speak specificly on the Mk2 owners manual recommendation, but > I can say that 50-70's British transmissions with the Laycock overdrive > called for SAE30 *engine* oil. Car manufacturers have specified any of the following oils for gearboxes with Laycock OD: Gear oil ATF oil Monograde engine oil Multigrade engine oil What you DO want to avoid is oil with a high content of high-pressure (usu. sulphur-based) additives. For this reason, I have been advised to steer away from GL5 gear oil, and use GL4 instead. GL4 synthetic gear oil offer the same benefits in terms of cold weather shifting as do multigrade and ATF, so that is what I'm using. > Note that engine oil and gear oil do > not use the same numbering index. Correct. Egil -- Email: egilk@sn.no Voice: +47 22523641, 92022780 Fax: +47 22525899 Snail: Egil Kvaleberg, Husebybakken 14A, 0379 Oslo, Norway URL: http://home.sn.no/home/egilk/ PGP: finger:egilk@sn.no References:
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