[tcb] Re: 80W 90 GL4

  • From: Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 10:42:46 -0500

You can also use Red Line MT-90.

Yes, GL5 has a higher sulfur content that eats "yellow metal" like
the brass syncros in our old gearboxes.

G2


On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 08:01:52 -0500
"Tracy" <pepsifreek@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I replaced the oil in The Ghia years (and years) ago and had no
> problem finding the GL4, I guess those days are gone. I was tracking
> that GL5 had additives that were bad (corrosive) to our gearboxes, is
> this something that “they” fixed with the newer synthetics?  Is Royal
> Purple a synthetic? 
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> From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Alma Jo Barrera Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 4:52 PM
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tcb] Re: 80W 90 GL4
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> I just had to get some for a friends Bug. I noticed that all the
> synthetic gear oil was GL4 and GL5 compatible.
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> Alma Jo
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> From: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx 
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> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 4:43 PM
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> Subject: [tcb] Re: 80W 90 GL4
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> I suggest Royal Purple 90 weight gear oil.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy" <pepsifreek@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, August 7, 2010 9:25:12 AM
> Subject: [tcb] 80W 90 GL4
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> I thought I had some in the garage but I was mistaken… 
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> I thought I could find some in one of the four FLAPS in Copperas Cove
> but I was mistaken…
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> Anyone have a source either local (to Texas) on online???
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> I still have what(ever) is in the transmission but I want to change
> it out.
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