Swepco oil is blue.  I don't know of any other gear oil that is blue. But
what I don't know would fill the Grand Canyon;-)

Cory

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Delanty" <laurasdog@WEIRDSTUFFWEMAKE.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 6:47 PM
Subject: Acckk! My gear juice is *blue*...

> O.K.... I figured I better crawl under and check my tranny oil.
> I've had the bus for a month now and still haven't looked....
> I figured out real quick that my 17mm allen wrench doesn't fit
> because all that external shift crap is in the way.
> I cut the allen down with the die grinder and cut-off wheel. About
> an inch off the end and it fits nice. I pulled the plug out of the tranny
> and it was obviously full, as a small dribble of oil ran out of the plug
> hole and down my arm. Mmmmm, that distinctive stench of gear oil....
> But wait, what's this..?  Ackkk! The oil is BLUE!
>
> O.K, I've checked the gear oil in a lot of VW trannys over the last
> few decades but I ain't never had nothin blue run down my arm
> while I was doing it...
>
> I assume that the oil is probably something synthetic. It stinks like
> regular gear oil, but it's clear blue, and rather thin in consistency
> compared to plain old 90w gear goo.
>
> I'd like to carry a spare quart around with me, but I have no idea
> what brand or type of oil this is....
>
> Does the blue color identify it as something specific?
> Is this the redline oil that people talk about? Or some other goo?
>
> Anybody have a clue what kind of blue juice might be in my gear box?
>
> Thanks much...
>
> Steve