quattro Digest, Vol 8, Issue 49

[Larry C Leung]

Randy,

I ended up with not noisy synchros, but slipping synchros when I
foolishly
put Mobil 1 Gear Lube (GL5, not the required GL4) in my 200q's gearbox. 
I put in Redline MTL 90 (the heavier one, the lighter one is just called
MTL)
and within a day things improved remarkably. Within a week, it was like
there was no problem at all. All this occurred in spite of the fact the
M1
was in the box for close to 60 K miles. After this experience, I believe
in
Redline Gear Manual tranny lube!

LL - NY



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> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:55:55 -0400
> From: McCohens at aol.com
> Subject: Trans lube for bad synchros
> To: quattro at audifans.com
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> My latest quattro, a 5K has a noisy second gear once warm.  Unless 
> shifted very slowly it grinds going into second.  My thought is a 
> heavier than normal non synthetic fluid change in the gearbox, but I 
> thought others might have other experiences.
> 
> Randy Cohen
> 88 5KQ
> 91 200Q
> 78 280Z turbo
> 76 914
> 76 GMC motorhome
> no space in the driveway!