I think Elf is just fine. I've heard that Ed knows his stuff. Redline is fine too but I've read that for an older tranny (whadja call me? ;) some prefer to use dyno oil of which I think Ed is talking about. I think. John at Vanwonder uses it. This page appears to have the product spec sheet for GL4+ http://www2.lubricants.elf.com/Automotive/Auto/Manual_Gearbox/Automotive_Auto_Manual_Gearbox.html
Neil. On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Bernie <berniej@gmail.com> wrote: > Having some work done on the Vanagon and he is changing gear oil. > I think he is putting in Elf GL 4 plus 75/80. > Will this do the trick? > > thanks, > > Bernie >
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