> I was going to throw Pennzoil GL-5 into my tranny in a few days as I > change the oil that's been in there forever. Any reason why I should not > do this? I don't need high performance or anything. The Pennzoil is > fine, ain't it? NO! More specifically, GL-5 is incompatible with the Vanagon tranny. Don't use it! FWIW, I run MT-90 and am happy with the cold weather shifting relative to non- synthetic. -Karl Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA '87 Westfalia Weekender "Beverley" - 197K miles http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/ PA/NJ Vanagon owner's mailing list: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/pavanagon/ |
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