Synthetic gear oils

[Lawrence C Leung]

Using Mobil 1 for the last 70K miles. Meets Audi spec for the '89 200Q.
Seems to work fine, though I think the synchros would work better if I
had Redline MTL. 

LL - NY 

On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 03:52:09 -0800 (PST) james accordino
<ssgacc at yahoo.com> writes:
>Is anyone running an over-the-counter synthetic gear
>oil in their tranny or diff?  I'm talking about Mobil,
>Valvoline, etc. that I can buy at any Autozone or
>what.  I know about Redline, but nobody here stocks
>it, and it is kind of expensive, heck Mobil syn. is
>expensive.  I already used their oil and grease, and
>like both of them very much.  Please don't tell me
>about any other exotic gear oils that I can't just go
>and buy.  They all say that they now have formulated
>it so it does not damage brass, copper or bronze
>parts.
>
>Thanks for your input
>Jim Accordino