Okay,
So the current oil stays in......
Asad
From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Busted rear wheel bearings??
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:12:06 -0500 (Central Standard Time)
Trust Marc over me. If he says GL-5 with an MT-1 rating is OK then I
believe him. I bought a case of Redline MT-90 Synthetic to put in all of
mine. It's about $12/U.S. quart if bought off the shelf, I paid about
$8/quart by buying a full case from an EBay dealer.
G2
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:09:11 +0000 asad ishaque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Thanks!
>
> Now I hafta drain the oil again!! Dang!! Why did I think of puttin
in
> the GL5?? was so happy to find it!! Here GL4 is the common stuff. I
swear I
> heard somewhere that GL5 is the rite stuff for wagens.......
>
> Asad
>
> >From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion
List
> ><[email protected]>
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Busted rear wheel bearings??
> >Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 12:04:40 -0500 (Central Standard Time)
> >
> >On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:48:53 +0000 asad ishaque
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >wrote:
> >
> > > A couple of days ago I went to top up the gear oil as I was
fearing
> >a
> > > low oil level starving the rear bearings. I came across the GL5
rated
> >oil
> > > for which I had been keeping my eyes peeled since ages. I had been
> >running
> > > GL4 oil due to non availablity.
> > >
> > > Well, I had the old GL4 oil drained and put in GL5. The magnetic
> >drain
> > > plugs had a bit of crud containing fine shavings which formed a
glittery
> > > design when pressed between fingers. It did not FEEL gritty.
> >
> > > Asad
> > > Karachi, Pakistan.
> >
> >DRAIN the GL-5 and replace it with GL-4 --- NOW! GL-5 has a higher
sulphur
> >content that will eat up your old brass syncros FAST. We have the
problem
> >here in the U.S.A that plain GL-4 is getting hard to find whle GL-5 or
> >GL-4/5 is everywhere.
> >
> >Gerald
> >
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