Seemed odd to me too but there are pages and pages dedicated to it over on tdi club. I'm going to order some Amsoil Synchromesh after I consult the TDI guru who is doing the timing belt next week. Synchromesh seems to be somewhere between gear oil and ATF. The new VW stuff (G52? I forget) is apparently very thin and people are unhappy with its warm weather characteristics. Some people say 75w90 is fine in the cold and some say it isn't, even among people in cold weather climates theres a spread.
I'm curious to see how the 75w90 is but spent all day today cutting and welding, got about 80% done but have to go to fil birthday party. Hopefully it won't rain too bad and I can get the rest (well the driver's side anyway) done tomorrow. -Curt Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 09:37:46 -0400 (EDT) From: m...@voyager.net To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Jetta oil change Message-ID: <53295.107.194.192.215.1379770666.squir...@webmail.core.com> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 I never subscribed to the 'pre-fill the filter so the oil pressure goes up three seconds faster' thing. I haven't seen a transaxle that took GL anything since my 1977 Saab (and the SAE 70 originally specified for that car was superceded by 5W30). I assume you looked up the spec, but it still seems odd to me. Mitch. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
