daryl: i have a question for you. most gear oil today is labeled GL5 and, other things being equal, i suppose a good GL4 oil by stalube or redline is a better choice for a vanagon. what about NAPA gear oil, which is labeled as meeting GL3, GL4, and GL5 specs; are they refering only to its EP spec, or would this particular oil also be less corrosive than ordinary GL5 to yellow metals? daniel On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:55:53 -0700, AA Transaxle <aatransaxle@JUNO.COM> wrote: >Shawn...The type of gear oil should not make a big difference...There are >MANY tranny's out there working just fine with the standard run of the >mill GL5 oil that is speced for GL3-GL5. Lots of shops just put in GL5 >synthetic Penzoil or Quaker state or whatever they generally use with no >issues other than harder shifting when cold. Those of us on the list are >pretty up on the "best stuff" but we are the exceptions. >If you have any noises that soon after the rebuild...something is wrong >and its not oil related I would think. Amsoil is run by many of you with >no issues. >2nd gear needs to be dealt with. If there is whining on accel, its pinion >shaft related. If it makes noise in neutral with the clutch out, its >mainshaft related. Don't wait fo rit to get worse... >Daryl of AA Transaxle >Duvall, WA. (Seattle area) >(425) 788-4070 >1-877-377-0773 (toll free) >aatransaxle.com (web site) |
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