Swepco 210 80W140 is what Daryl is using these days, especially for those of
us running more powerful engines than stock.  Me too - the first shift in
the morning is a bitch but all the other ones are lovely...

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:

> Swepco, Royal Purple, or ?????
> Daryl?
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ-here comes a gear oil thread
>
>
> On May 10, 2011, at 4:48 PM, Richard Koerner wrote:
>
> > So if we don't use Redline MT-90 for our manual transmissions due to
> purported slacking of quality, what do we use?  (I'm about due for a change
> in a couple months.)  Last time I had it changed 4 years ago, I was really
> pleased with the result using MT-90...seemed to shift nicer and run
> smoother...maybe it was all psychological.
> >
> > Rich
> > San Diego
> >
> > --- On Tue, 5/10/11, neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > From: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: Re: Redline CV-2. User Input?
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 2:42 PM
> >
> > Thanks John. Good to know of yet more options.
> >
> > So it's the gear oil that Redline changed. Such a shame.
> >
> > Thanks for the tips Scott. The stuff I used last time was standard
> > issue CV grease. Can't recall brand right now.
> >
> > I thought that for the extra $ Redline might be worth it. Not long
> > ago, noticed inboard CV's weren't dry per se, (I am not that
> > experienced with what they should look like) but found that after less
> > than 50K miles, they were "dryer" than I thought they'd be. I added
> > grease. Will do in/outs at some point soon.
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans
> > <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> >> fwiw,
> >> I have used a ton of it in the past, never a problem.
> >>
> >> I also put in more grease than the stock amount.
> >> I have seen many, many very dry u-joints.
> >> I don't know if grease acually evaporates out of them ..but it seems to
> me
> >> that the stock rather small amount of gease will somehow barely be there
> >> after say, 7 years.
> >>  Which is why I put in a fair amount extra grease.
> >> my 'normal' CV joint grease is 'black slimey' ....Stablube brand moly
> >> sulfide.
> >>
> >> " Extreme Pressuer moly-graph" is what they call it. Have used boatloads
> of
> >> that ..and never a problem.
> >>
> >> I also think the inner CV's run hotter and are more prone to getting dry
> and
> >> wearing more, compared to the outers.
> >>
> >> scott
> >> www.turbovans.com
> >>
> >> --
> >
> > --
> > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
> >
> > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
> >
> >
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>

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Jake

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1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'

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