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Date:         Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:16:35 -0800
Reply-To:     Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Manual Tranny Oil
In-Reply-To:  <4F5944E3.70501@turbovans.com>
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Just noticed a discussion on the subaruvanagon list about tranny oil, as follows:

"Redline no longer recommends their products for hypoid gears, making it completely unsuitable for Vanagon/T3 transaxles. So its Swepco 201 or 210, depending on your engine/power level."

The fact that Redline changed their formulation on the MT-90 synthetic oil was recently confirmed by a tranny expert (at BBTB in January).  The new recommendation is Kendall 75-90 Synthetic (which IS a hypoid gear oil) with a change recommended every 2 years.  Sounds good to me.  My tranny (196,000 miles) currently has MT-90, coming up on the 2 year change this summer, at which time I'll move to Kendall 75-90 as recommended.

Kinda wondering how long these trannys last?  Guess it all depends on how it was driven; and I'm Mr. Gentle with mine, I'm in no big hurry.

Rich San Diego


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