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Subject:Re: trans oil level
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Mon, 26 Nov 2001 17:46:01 -0600

Ben McCafferty wrote:
>
> All the tranny people I trust (VolksCafe, Weddle, etc.) say that GL-5 isn't
> slippery enough, that you must use GL-4.

I don't know if it's relevant for the standard trans, but a VW service
bulletin from June 15, 1993 says the oil in the final drive of automatic
transmissions 010,087,089,090,096,and 098 should be replaced with SAE
75W/90 synthetic.  The Mobil One that I put in mine recently has this
spec and it also says GL-5.

Larry A.