[Vwdiesel] Transmission fluid draining

[Ron Schroeder]

Vwdiesel Digest, Vol 19, Issue 87Hi Paul,

SOME brands of GL-5 oils will attack the syncros but the real reason to use a GL-4 oil in a manual tranny is the amount of EP addatives in GL-5 oil reduces the syncros ability to syncronize the shift.

Ron
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  Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 20:14:12 -0500 
  From: paulr <reichp at earthlink.net> 
  Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Transmission fluid draining 
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  I don't know if this is an "old wives tale", but I 
  think I read somewhere that the additives in GL-5 
  attack the (bronze???) synchronizers in the tranny???? 

  Paul