Re: Synthetic tranny oil

[steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

> I recently heard that synthetic oil worked "too well" for a manual
> transmission, in that the oil does not "spin up" on the parts as
> well as standard oil.  The gears and synchros then do not get adequate
> lubrication to work smoothly.
> 
> Now, this makes no sense, and list members' experiences seem to prove
> it wrong, but I thought it would make for some interesting responses.
> 
... when you read Redline's spiel on the MTL/MT-90 they state that their
MT lubes have modifiedrs to help syncros spin up, so there must be some 
truth to what you have heard ...

Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)