Subject: [s-cars] Fliud questions

[Trevor Frank]

I thought that GL5 was so slick it just didn't let the syncro's work, I
didn't realize that it ate them.

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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Kirby Smith
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 2:06 PM
To: Mike Platt
Cc: tmullane at snet.net; Scar
Subject: Re: Subject: [s-cars] Fliud questions

GL 5 gear oil usually has sulfer compounds that eat brass syncros when
hot.  Use GL4 in the tranny, or Audi recommended stuff, and GL5 in the
rear differential.

kirby

Mike Platt wrote:
>
> Hi Tom,
> Gear oil. I ain't gettin in any darned battle here
> but.. I put in Castrol synthetic gear oil in the front
> and rear. Boy does gear oil stink!!! It's been almost
> a year and I have had no ill effects in the cold. I
> have driven car in -29 and many times well below zero
> this winter. All is well in wet, snow, and dry. Take
> your time filling the tranny though. The fluid needs
> to go up and over to get to the driveshaft output
> area. Give yourself 20 minutes for this. I found lying
> under car daydreaming, and looking for other crap to
> fix, made the time go by. Check seals too. I replaced
> mine when we all did the clutch last May.
>
> Brake fluid. Track junkies, like myself swear by the
> blue stuff but I have been using the Valvoline syn
> power dot 4. The boiling point is like 5 degrees less
> than the Super blue, price a bit less. I ran some
> track days in my 2400 lb P-car with no problems. It's
> been in my 4000lb avant with no problems either.
> Good Luck.
> Mike P
> 95.5 avant
> 2 P-cars
> 1 red Duc
> 1 good ole merican pickup
>
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> Good progress on the garage queen this weekend despite
> the distraction
> of
> concurrently installing a paver driveway for my tenant
> next door (he
> has a
> BMW, so regular asphalt won't do - lol).  Got the
> front end all back
> together with the springs and struts, camber plates,
> big reds, and new
> CV
> boots.  I also took the tie rods apart and lubed them
> up to make the
> alignment people happy.  I'm hoping to finish the rear
> this week and
> move on
> to other things.  I think I will drive the car a bit
> before diving into
> the
> RS2 stuff.
>
> So anyway, I'm almost afraid to ask, but it is time to
> full and flush
> the
> brake fluid, and change the trans and rear end fluid.
> I expect this
> car to
> be predominantly a road creature, but track use is
> very likely.  This
> is New
> England, so temps will range from zero degrees Kelvin
> to the inferno of
> Hell - sometimes during the same week.  The car
> currently has 73k on
> it, and
> I assume it is running on dino oil.
>
> So what to use and where - engine, trans, rear,
> brakes?  I under that
> the
> trans needs GL4 and the rear prefers GL5 (no diff lock
> on this beast,
> if
> that matters).  What the best thing to use, where to
> buy?  Should I
> bleed
> the clutch, or just the brakes?  Engine oil blend or
> full synth?
>
> I know this is a can of worms, but I have heard both
> good and bad about
> the
> Redline stuff, I don't know much about the BG
> stuff....
>
> TIA
>
> Tom Mullane
> 20vt engine still for sale!
>
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