flaky breaky audi

[Larry C Leung]

I went through the same thing, but Taka steered me correctly, then
through a through investigation of the bottle, I determined that the MT90
is essentially 75W-90 GL4 gearbox oil (for sychros), the MTL is something
W-80. Having no idea that 80 weight gear oil has 8/9ths the viscosity of
90 I'd still think it won't toast your tranny if you don't do any high
energy work, like towing, travelling with the car fully loaded to it's
max GVWR, or track or even autocrossing. If your winters are very cool,
this may be the ticket for super smooth shifting in the winter, then
switch to the MT90 in the spring (unless you plan to attend the Steamboat
Springs Ice Driving School) and eat the $24 or so for the new oil.

LL - NY

On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 22:59:03 EST DGraber460 at aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 12/6/2001 4:57:41 PM Mountain Standard Time,
>l.leung at juno.com writes:
>
>
>> Redline MT90. If not, a synthetic gear oil with a GL4 rating (not
>GL5!).
>> Ask me how I know.....
>>
>> BTW, Redline MTL is too thin.
>>
>
>That is most distressing, as I just filled the URQ tranny with MTL 2
>weeks
>ago.
>So how long before the tranny is toast?
>The distributor where we purchased the Redline was very confusing in
>it's
>display and pricing. I found Redlines labeling to be less than clear
>as well.
>I was under the impression that the MT90 was GL5 rated.
>
>Dennis
>