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]>
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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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