Thanks, I figured... But confirmation is welcome On Jan 29, 2015 8:48 AM, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't worry about it. These oils mix fine, but drain them out when you get > home for long term service. > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of Don Hanson > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 7:22 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Diff. Oil ? > > Being on an extended trip with limited resources, I've had to top-up my > transmission with a different gear oil than what's in there. Before > departure in Dec. I replaced one axle seal..the other wasn't leaking > (then). I filled with my preferred oil, Swepco. After logging ~5000mi, so > far, the other side seal has now began leaking. > > I have a 5sp manual transmission. These seem to be rare and valuable, > I know I value the way mine moves my inline VW motored van. I added almost > one quart of Lucas 80w-90w gear oil to bring the level back to the level > plug...laying in the sand under the van in the Desert..Both these oils are > dino-oil, and the same weight....the Lucas is/was significantly less > expensive and it was available through Amazon Prime, as was an economy > quart bottle pump to get it into the transmission, so I went with that. > The transmission took just short of one quart of the Lucas. > So, the question is: Do the Oil Experts here think I've mixed-up a > "bad" batch of gear oil that will harm my tranny during another month or > two before I can get home, where I'm better equipped to replace the leaking > seal and restore about $70 worth of pure Swepco? > > |
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