I use Castrol 80w90 GL-5 Synthetic in mine... in Canada is it something
like $10 a liter so it isn't that expensive - besides VW and Audi use this
stuff in their Rallye / Touring cars so it has to be good!

At 01:19 11/5/98 EST, Michael Modl wrote:
>In a message dated 11/4/98 12:57:59 AM Pacific Standard Time,
jwelsh29@IDT.NET
>writes:
>
><< Listees,
>
> I read in the archives the correspondence between Kyle, Derek, Dennis,
> Steven and John about GL-4 vs GL-5 gear oil.  I went out to the Pep Boys
> (is that Larry, Moe and Curly?) to get some GL-5 for my Syncro front
> diff.
>
> Well, there's Sta-Lube 85w140 GL-5, and Sta-Lube 80w90 GL-5.  Can
> anybody help me with this? Which should I use?
>
> I don't feel like paying for Red Line stuff because if my VC is bad,
> it'll just get dumped with the old diff.  Is Sta-Lube OK?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John Welsh, San Diego
> 87 Syncro Westfalia GL
> 81 Triumph TR8
>  >>
>You need to use GL 4 75-90 wt.  I have Redline, MT 90 synthetic in the diff
>and the tranny. I paid $6.24 per qt. at Monument Car parts in the bay area
>(CA.) when I was visiting. Use the best if you can.  See ya. Michael
> 87 syncro
> 87 quattro
>
>

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