Hello
I am replacing the gear oil in a used tranny I bought prior to installation.
At the parts store I noticed there is a 85/140 gear oil available in
addition to the 80W and 80/90W. I believe the 85/140 gear oil is Valvoline
synthetic or semi-synthetic. Is this a new weight/type of gear oil that
would be suitable for use in the Vanagon transmission or should I stick with
the 80/90?

When I pulled the drain plug there was a fair amount of metal filings
attached to the drain plug magnet. Is this common on a tranny that hasn't
had the fluid changed for 100K miles or more.. or is this a really bad sign?

Thanks

Gary

Gary McEachern, Reading Ma.
'90 Westy
'84GL w/ Super Sunroof
'87GL Wolfsburg Weekender (X2)
'75 Spitfire

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