confused about synthetic gear oil

[Mihnea Cotet]

Stephane,


AFAIK it's totally unrelated... When in neutral no car should creep in
either direction IMHO.

HTH,

Mihnea

At 16:32 24/02/2003 -0600, Livolsi, Stephane wrote:
>my experience is not what I expected.
>
>late last year, I put Amsoil GL4 (this is the correct stuff as per user's
>manual) synthetic gear oil in my tranny (86 5ktq), following a clutch job.
>I expected that the synth would stay more fluid during cold temps.  Today
>was the first really cold morning all winter -22 C (seriously, it was the
>first day that was this cold) and after starting I had the gearbox in
>neutral and let the clutch out.  Holy cow, the car actually started creeping
>forward, only a cm or so, but still!
>IIRC, it's even worse than when I had the non-synth in there
>
>Anyway, am I off base here?  Shouldn't the synth prevent this creeping?
>
>TIA
>
>Stephane