Ben McCafferty wrote: > > All the tranny people I trust (VolksCafe, Weddle, etc.) say that GL-5 isn't > slippery enough, that you must use GL-4. I don't know if it's relevant for the standard trans, but a VW service bulletin from June 15, 1993 says the oil in the final drive of automatic transmissions 010,087,089,090,096,and 098 should be replaced with SAE 75W/90 synthetic. The Mobil One that I put in mine recently has this spec and it also says GL-5. Larry A. |
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