daryl:

i have a question for you.

most gear oil today is labeled GL5 and, other things being equal, i
suppose a good GL4 oil by stalube or redline is a better choice for a
vanagon. what about NAPA gear oil, which is labeled as meeting GL3, GL4,
and GL5 specs; are they refering only to its EP spec, or would this
particular oil also be less corrosive than ordinary GL5 to yellow metals?

daniel

On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:55:53 -0700, AA Transaxle <aatransaxle@JUNO.COM>
wrote:

>Shawn...The type of gear oil should not make a big difference...There are
>MANY tranny's out there working just fine with the standard run of the
>mill GL5 oil that is speced for GL3-GL5. Lots of shops just put in GL5
>synthetic Penzoil or Quaker state or whatever they generally use with no
>issues other than harder shifting when cold. Those of us on the list are
>pretty up on the "best stuff" but  we are the exceptions.
>If you have any noises that soon after the rebuild...something is wrong
>and its not oil related I would think. Amsoil is run by many of you with
>no issues.
>2nd gear needs to be dealt with. If there is whining on accel, its pinion
>shaft related. If it makes noise in neutral with the clutch out, its
>mainshaft related. Don't wait fo rit to get worse...
>Daryl of AA Transaxle
>Duvall, WA. (Seattle area)
>(425) 788-4070
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