shilohz@JPS.NET writes: << Is this the wrong stuff. Please help me before I do any more damage.>> Originally from VW your van was delivered with a GL5 petroleum based gear oil. Due to some potential problems with the brass syncros being 'attacked' by some of the sulfur compounds present VW came out with a service bulletin stating that the gear oil should be swapped out with a GL4 synthetic. Are you doing any damage with the fresh GL5? Probably no more than what is already present in a 17 year old transaxle. If possible, I'd go ahead and switch over to a synthetic, such as Redline MTL if you don't want to use the expensive VW G-50 gear oil, and count your blessings. -Todd Hill VolksWerks Transaxles Olympia, WA 360-412-0948 |
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