You need a GL-4 compatible 80/90 oil.  GL-5 is bad stuff that will eat your
synchros.

I bought 20L of Texico GL-4 for about $25 CAD - I change my gear oil once a
year!

David Marshall

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of geofflaw
Sent: November 23, 2000 7:17 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: What Oil for Manual Transmission?

Hi volkspeople
decided I'd change the oil in my recently acquired '82 which has  4 speed
manual trans.
got down to Marlow's and then I was faced with the choice of mineral 80/90
or synthetic gear oil. What to do? I didn't buy either, thinking "the guys
on the list will know what's best."
This will be a once only change for me and this car.
BTW I live in a meditteranean climate. We never see ice and snow, but in
summer we see plenty of really, really hot days. (over 40 celsius.)

Geoff Law
Perth, WA
'82 Trakka