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Subject:Re: Acckk! My gear juice is *blue*...
From:Will Morris
Date:Thu, 20 Mar 2003 14:38:57 -0500

Does Swepco make a GL-4 gear oil? On their web site all their gear oil is GL-5.

Will

>I've known a few people who had awful experiences using Amsoil, my vote is
>for Swepco.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jeff
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>Of John Connolly
>Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:40 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Acckk! My gear juice is *blue*...
>
>
>don't jump to conclusions. The top of the line Amsoil gear lube is a blue
>color. You may be doing a gear oil change and downgrading your gear lube in
>the process.
>
>Amsoil gear lubes are the BEST on the market period, better then Redline.
>
>John
>Aircooled.Net Inc.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul Archibald" <androbus@YAHOO.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 9:30 AM
>Subject: Re: Acckk! My gear juice is *blue*...
>
>
>>  > Steve Delanty wrote:
>>  >
>>  > > Thanks for all the responses about my blue tranny goo.
>>  > > I guess I'll get me a bucket of Redline juice and
>>  > > change it this weekend...
>>
>>
>>  Hold on......
>>
>>  What is WRONG with the blue tranny goo?
>>  I'd say if you have no issue with it for now wait a bit, do
>>  a bit more research and you may very well find out that
>>  these fellow vanagonheads have talked you into pouring out
>>  the very best of the best and tossing out just to put in
>>  the redline stuff. (by the way, read the damn bottle/can
>>  too...the synthetics go on and on and on and on and
>>  on.....so if the blue stuff isn't an issue, you may NEVER
>>  have any need to change it as long as you live! seriously!)
>>
>>
>>  Heck! the gods honest truth is dino juice works damn
>>  well!!!! why do you really need to go for teh god-awfull
>>  expensive synthetics just to keep up with the jonses?
>>
>>  dang!
>>
>>  ducking for cover as I am sure there are many so-called
>>  experts on the list who will now spout off that I am wrong?
>>    ;-)
>>
>>  Paul (with dino juice in all my cars, trucks motorcycles etc)
>>
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