<VV> Tranny/diff fluid levels

[Eric S. Eberhard]

Dumb question of the year -- since you change that fluid maybe once a 
decade ... then why not use synthetic?  The cost is irrelevant when 
spread over a decade and the protection is well worth it.

At 09:31 AM 7/26/2005, BobHelt at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 7/26/05 8:01:26 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
>kirbyasmith at gwi.net writes:
>
> > With respect to diff oil.  Modern 8Xw90 differential oils are usually
> > GL5.  This stuff has sulfer compounds that eat brass syncros when the
> > oil is very hot.  If your oil never gets hot, then no sweat.
>
>Kirby,
>Where did you ever get this crazy idea? It's just not true that GL-5 will eat
>brass synchros. GL-5 may not have the same protection as GL-4, but since most
>GL-5s are also rated MT-1, they do have adequate synchro protection.
>
>Regards,
>Bob Helt
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