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 > ><vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu> > >To: vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu > >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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >vintagvw site list > >vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu > >http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
