At 07:58 PM 12/2/98 -0600, Darrell Boehler wrote: >--------------------- >Hi Volks, > I was shopping for some manual transaxle lubricant and found none that >was GL4. I saw one that was GL3, GL4, and GL5. one stated GL4 and GL5. >Most were GL5. What is the right stuff? Is GL5 ok in an 87 manual >transaxle? > >Darrell > > Hi all, FWIW, I replaced the gear lubes in my syncro rear and front trans/diffs 3 yrs ago with Redline MTL, the van had 44,000 miles at the time. 35,000 miles later this past spring I changed it again. The magnetic plug from the trans, had very little "metal filing load" (could have been left over from the previous residual trans fluid of 3 yrs ago). The front diff plug was spotless. Rick Koller '90 syncro westie '91 autobox (also redline adapted) |
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