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Subject:Diff. Oil ?
From:Don Hanson
Date:Thu, 29 Jan 2015 07:21:50 -0800

Being on an extended trip with limited resources, I've had to top-up my
transmission with a different gear oil than what's in there.  Before
departure in Dec. I replaced one axle seal..the other wasn't leaking
(then).  I filled with my preferred oil, Swepco.  After logging ~5000mi, so
far, the other side seal has now began leaking.

   I have a 5sp manual transmission.  These seem to be rare and valuable, I
know I value the way mine moves my inline VW motored van.  I added almost
one quart of Lucas 80w-90w gear oil to bring the level back to the level
plug...laying in the sand under the van in the Desert..Both these oils are
dino-oil, and the same weight....the Lucas is/was significantly less
expensive and it was available through Amazon Prime, as was an economy
quart bottle pump to get it into the transmission, so I went with that.
The transmission took just short of one quart of the Lucas.
  So,  the question is:  Do the Oil Experts here think I've mixed-up a
"bad" batch of gear oil that will harm my tranny during another month or
two before I can get home, where I'm better equipped to replace the leaking
seal and restore about $70 worth of pure Swepco?

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