Date:         Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:34:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: GL-5, GL-4, Redline, Sta-Lube, Royal Purple...
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2007031201051870@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Go With the GL 4 and away from the redline.

The Redline is too thin. I switched to GL-4 and
now no more scratching /grinding.

I don't like the smell of gear oil , but it all
should be changed 30,000 miles so why spend too
much for nothing? I have a 4-speed trans I had
rebuilt 10 years ago and it was inspected- still
in perfect shape using GL-4 ancd changing it
every 30,000.

 The Redline sure was dirty after 30,000 miles .
It certainly wasn't red.

Robert

1982 Westfalia




--- Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:

> What's the best to cure a synchro ring problem
> that's been there since my
> rebuild last year?
>
> Ron at Ron's Transaxles, the SF Bay Area guru
> of these things, swears that
> the Redline in my rebuilt 4 speed is causing a
> scratch from 1st to 2nd, esp.
> when cold. He tells me to change the Redline to
> dino GL-4. Problem is, GL-4
> is hard to get. The Royal Purple site says
> their GL-5 won't damage synchro
> rings, and there are plenty who swear by
> Redline. I know this has been a
> subject of discussion in the past and have
> searched the archives, even
> finding another reference to Ron in 2003 who
> was then giving thumbs up to
> GL-5. But now Ron has changed brands of syncro
> rings and that, he tells me,
> is causing the problem with Redline.  An August
> 2003 post from Daryl gives
> the ok to Redline.  Dennis, Oct 2002, says
> Mobil 1.
>
> Main choices seem to be Sta Lube GL-4 and
> Redline. But Royal Purple is
> supposed to be good stuff for engines...
>
> Anyway this scratching from 1st to 2nd is
> driving me nuts. Ideas?
>




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