On 11/29/06, Nathaniel Poole <npoole@telus.net> wrote:
>
> I'm running my 80 Riviera just fine in this weather (handles the crappy
> roads far better than the wife's Toyota), but until it warms up it feels
> as
> if the tranny is filled with grease, I mean really stiff and hard to find
> first. It's not that cold, they say 20 below with wind chills the last few
> days, but I wonder if the last PO put in the right weight of oil in the
> tranny. Is this normal for these rigs? I've never noticed such a change in
>
> any vehicle I've driven before except when it hits something like 30 below
> or more.
>

Nathaniel
A synthetic oil like Redline MT-90 will fix the molasses in January
syndrome.
--
John Meeks

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