

| Subject: | Re: AA Trans answers some tranny oil questions... |
| From: | Mark Dorm |
| Date: | Fri, 1 Sep 2000 21:42:10 PDT |
Darly, would you put MT-90 in an automatic??? >From: Daryl Christensen <aatransaxle@JUNO.COM> > >It is OK to mix some dino oil and synthetic....can't get it all out >during a change anyway. >Best to change it when its warm..more drains out faster >Remove the fill plug before the drain plug....gotta get new oil back in >once you drained the old stuff out...think about it... >The most important thing to do is change it once in a while...basic >maintenance does wonders for longevity... >GL4 is what Redlne oil is...MT-90 is what they recomend for Vanagon >transmissions... >GL-5 is what's supposed to go in the front diff (syncro) cause there are >no syncro's there >Any good quality synthetic will work better than the plain old 90 wt >stuff >Redline has been proven to ME to be the best overall performer esp when >shifting cold is a problem >You can go to redlineoils.com and buy from them or I stock several cases >so can also sell it to you. >As I understand it...MT 90 is for Hypoid diferentials (gears at a 90 >degree angle to each other) such as your Vanagons...MTL is a lighter oil >and is for the Jetta style tranny's which use straight cut Ring/Pinion >gears... >Any degredation of syncro's from using the wrong oil takes many many >miles....its not something that happens quickly >Feel free to holler with any wierd questions.... >Daryl of AA Transaxle >Duvall, WA.(Seattle area) >(425) 788-4070 >1-877-377-0773 toll free >http://www.aatransaxle.com (web site) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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