T85 rear differential fluid

[Doug Johnson]

I'll switch gearbox oil to MT-90, thanks!



~ Doug




>From: LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>
>To: Tom Leppke-Hennig <printhead at usinternet.com>
>CC: ur-quattro at msn.com, quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: T85 rear differential fluid
>Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:51:08 -0500
>
>I had M1 GL4/GL5 in my 200Q's tranny. BIG mistake. Got grindy
>synchros, didn't know any better at the time (it was in for about
>4 years). Switched to Redline MT90. Cured the grindy synchros.
>Stick by the Redline. BTW, the viscosity of MTL doesn't meet
>Audi spec, so you NEED MT-90. Totally does the job.
>
>LL - NY
>
>
>On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:28:15 -0600 (CST), Tom Leppke-Hennig
><printhead at usinternet.com> wrote:
> > No, not, MT-90 or MTL. You want one of the the GL-5 rated 75/90 fluid 
>they sell. The GL-4
> > fluids like MTL and MT-90 are for the transmision, GL-5 for rear-ends.
> >
> > Check around in the archives. I have experienced this myself in my 
>Scirocco and many others
> > have spoken of winding up with "grindy" syncros after putting GL-5 rated 
>lubricants into
> > manual transmissions. Mobil 1 gear oil for instance, says GL-4/5 rated 
>on the bottle. But
> > according to Redline, and VAG Bentley manuals, that a 
>contradiction/incongruity.
> >
> > It takes a while to glean the straight dope out of Redline's website, 
>but after a bit of
> > clicking around, it becomes clear.
> >
> > Tom LH
> > 1995 90q
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