Date:         Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:27:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: OK, Swepco gear oil..
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  Didn't mean to start a Gear Oil war.

   I simply wanted to state what I saw and felt yesterday when I changed
from MT-90 Redline...not MTL...no, not that...unh uh, nope.
     the oil I replaced it with and for which I  titled the post was Swepco
201...not 210 or anything else..I .know not how all this other stuff came
into play here.
 I didn't use any "industrial application" Swepco, though they do make oils
for use in locomotives, cranes and probably even Peterbilt trucks, too..
"Swepco" is the corporate name of Southwest Petroleum Company, I
think...Sound big and diverse...dunno bout that...

.I used the Swepco 201 that  I got from Paragon Products or Pelican
Parts--forget which...both Porsche-centric automotive product catalogs and
sources I've used happily in the past for my own Porsche parts.  I figure if
it works in a Porsche it should be ok in the vanagon.. I see now that it has
an "80/90" little round sticker on the jug in which it came..and I think
they even said that weight in the catalog..It was the only "Swepco 201" that
they sold...It matches what I found suggested by the bentley book for my
tranny...

  I've seen Redline widely used in gearboxes for German cars at the track,
also and in fact used it in my own vehicles with satisfactory results..as I
mentioned in my post..It looked very good after 25k miles and there were no
bad gear shavings on the drain plug...

  No war!
  Don Hanson



On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Geo <ahwahneevw@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4/22/10, Marc Sayer <marcsayer@hughes.net> wrote:
> > MTL and MT-90 are not for use in transaxles or differentials with hypoid
> > gears, which means not for use in VW transaxles...
>
> I use the MT90 because that is what the rebuilder suggested:
>
> http://www.aatransaxle.com/Warranty.htm
>
> Have observed no negative effects in the 65,000 miles since the rebuild.
>
> YMMV of course.
>
> Geo
>