Supper duper latest greatest specification? Didn't know this was readily
available. Sure he didn't mean AGMA 7?

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Karl Wolz
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 3:02 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: GL5 vs GL4 Gear Oils

While on the subject,  what the heck is GL-7?  This is the stuff my
local
mechanic uses, and he says that it is supposedly compatible with all
other
gear lubes (at least that is what he has been told).

TIA,

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "AA Transaxle" <aatransaxle@JUNO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: GL5 vs GL4 Gear Oils

> I agree with Dennis...GL5 does not seem to degrade the syncro's enough
> to be horribly concerned. While running a repair shop for many years,
We
> used GL5 synthetic and never had a premature wear  issue that we were
> aware of in a tranny. The hard parts breakage of the 3/4 slider hub
and
> pinion/mainshaft bearing failure is much more common that a syncro
> problem. I personally like and use Redline due to its good cold
shifting
> properties. Sometimes a tranny will "need" a thinner oil such as
Redline
> to shift easily. In that case...use it. If it seems to work ok with
the
> 75/90 synthetic, use it. I have seen very little difference in
breakage
> or wear between the two types of oil.
> The key in my opinion is to change the stuff once in a while instead
of
> leaving it in there forever...The big thing I see is that people who
are
> concerned enough to use a oil like Amsoil or Redline, is that they
WILL
> change the oil often and the insides of the gearboxes show that. I
> recommend every 30K mi. even for Redline. The long chain molecules in
all
> the varieties of oils do wear out (as I have been told) and fresh oil
is
> cheap insurance.
> My unscientific .02 cents worth
> Daryl of AA Transaxle
> Duvall, WA. (Seattle area)
> (425) 788-4070
> 1-877-377-0773 (toll free)
> aatransaxle.com (web site)
>