Drain,  flush  and change every two years - your van will love you.

John

Randy C. Nunes wrote:
> I just changed my gear oil to Redline MT-90.  It was definitely a messy job
> - just cleaning around the plugs, however, I believe I made few mistakes.
> The gear oil was black and while the magnet attached much of the finings
> there was still some in the oil.  (Glad to get it out of there.)
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> I did jack up the passenger side to more easy get under the van and even
> took off the wheel.  It drained nicely and I thought I had about 5 qts out,
> but when I went to fill it would only take about 4 qts before it started
> dripping out of the fill hole.  I let it drip until it stopped and then put
> the fill cap back on.
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> Then I realized what I did wrong - While draining I should have raised the
> front end to get that last quart out.  (Next time I guess)
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> You can also see the blog about my van mechanical adventures here.
> http://1989volkswagonwesty.blogspot.com/
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> Randy C. Nunes
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