RE: Pentosin 11S vs 7.1

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <199906190835.BAA05801@serval.noc.ucla.edu> "James A. Desveaux" writes:

> Both 11S and 7.1 are mineral oils, though 11S is a synthetic version.  As
> Bob Myers said in an earlier post, they're pretty much interchangeable,
> though there may be some viscosity issues, as I mentioned in my earlier
> posting.  Neither version of Pentosin bears any resemblance to Dextron or
> any other hydraulic fluid you'd find at Pep Boys, Kragen, etc.  The very
> early Audis used Dextron-type fluids, but at least the type 44s used
> Pentosin since 1984 or so.

The change came later in the ur-quattro, with the 1988 model year.

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