Date:         Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:42:48 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: filling or refilling tranny?
Comments: To: "Bill H." <starfinder88@YAHOO.COM>
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You can mix the Redline MT90 with whatever oil is in your tranny with no
problem. The next time you drain the tranny oil, and refill with MT90
you will have greatly reduced the amount of Dino oil in there.

If you want to get more used gear oil out before putting in the MT90 you
might want to try using a turkey baster and a piece of clear plastic
tubing and draw it out with the baster.

BTW, change  your gear oil every two years. Oil, including synthetics,
get their long chain molecules broken over time, and lose the lubing
qualities. Happens on all oils of any kind sooner or later. I follow the
two year routine on mine, which has the MT90 in it.


Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver



Bill H. wrote:

>If I wanted to drain my tranny and refill it with the Redline MT90 and it
>still has 1.5 quarts of the original tranny oil in there, will mixing the
>original and synthetic oil cause any trouble? Or do you have the take the
>tranny out and really drain it all out? Just something in the back of my mind
>for next springs list of things to work on.
>
>Bill H.
>88 GL
>
>--- Warren Lail <wlail@OU.EDU> wrote:
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>>Okay,  I just filled my 091 4-speed tranny with Redline MT90.   The tranny
>>is out of the bus and was totally empty.
>>I carefully leveled it and pumped in 3.7 US quarts, but it did not bring it
>>up to the bottom of the fill hole.  So, I
>>checked Bentley again and it says in a footnote that the capacities given
>>are for a RE-fill because normally
>>1.5 quarts will remain in the tranny even after draining it (assuming, I
>>think, that tranny is left in the vehicle
>>and that the vehicle is level).
>>
>>
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