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Subject:Re: Redline CV-2. User Input?
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Tue, 10 May 2011 18:50:58 -0700

re
It is
slow to pour or pump when it is cool.

you warm it in a pan of hot water to help make it easier to pump, right ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: Redline CV-2. User Input?

> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have always used the Amsoil products and they have worked fine over
>> almost
>> half a million miles of vanagoning. My VW shop uses that and prefers it.
>> I
>> use it for CV joints (the thick purple grease) and transmission (Marine
>> Gear
>> Lube Synthetic 75/80W-90).
>>
>> Jim
>>
>
>  I swapped my gear oil from MT-90 to Swepco.   Like it better.  Quieter
> and
> it feels a lot slicker.  It has been the rich guy gear oil of choice in
> Porsche Club racing for many years.  I used it in my P-car racer, when I
> was
> still able to race ($) and it dropped my trans temps by almost 25
> degrees...
>
>  Cool blue color, too, the 201(?)   My 5sp only takes a few quarts.  It is
> slow to pour or pump when it is cool.
>  Don Hanson