Most oil suppliers have this for some industrial applications. Kendall, Pennzoil, Castrol, etc. For what it is worth, I've been using the GL5 and GL6 stuff for almost 20 years. All of my Transaxles use the Mobil 1 SHC 75w-90 and that is what I put in my rebuilds. I have not had an oil related problem in any of them and the Mobil makes thme shift real nice. Let the flames begin. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Brian Spisak Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 4:07 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Where to get GL-4? (Was: Size of allen wrench for final drive?)
So where the heck do you get GL-4 oil that aint RedLine (or some other synthetic)???? ----- Original Message ----- From: "wb6otg" <wb6otg@INTREX.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 12:46 PM Subject: Re: Size of allen wrench for final drive?
> >Also, the modern GL-5 and 6 oils do not have the compatibility > >problems with the Brass. The reason VW still calls for GL-4 is due to > >the friction characteristics for the syncros to work. > > How about oils marked GL-4/GL-5? I assume they are OK. > > Bill > |
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