Re: HELP Before my tranny dies

[Sachelle Babbar <sbabbar@iris.nyit.edu>]

One of the reasons Audi had trouble with the diffs were the use of
conventional oil (according to the head tech at my local dealer).
Converntional easily evaporated and left the diff to seize. The other
thing was even if it didn't get this far, the fluid that boiled, evap'd,
would cause the seal between the trans and gearbox to deteriorate and
eventually fail. Cahnge it out soon. Drivetrain shock and stress was also
mentioned. 

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*Steve                                             Sachelle Babbar
*'87  5000CS Turbo 5spd 1.3-2.0 bar             <SBABBAR@IRIS.NYIT.EDU>
*Cockpit adjustable wastegate, AudiSport badge
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*Disclaimer:"Any information contained herein is based purely on my own
*personal experience and may not necessarily reflect yours. Use caution as
*your results may vary from mine."
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On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 Quattro8880@aol.com wrote:

> I just changed my Manual Transmission & Rear Diff oils with CAM 2 GL5 75w90 
> conventional gear oil. It seems to be running fine after a test drive around 
> the block. I triple checked the Bentley when I got done and finally found the 
> pages that spec out the fluids. It calls out 3quarts G50 Synthetic 75w90 for 
> the trans and .79 quarts G50 Synthetic SAE90 for the diffs.
> 
> Is my drivetrain going to die by using the CAM2 75w90 GL5 conventional all 
> the way around ?
> 
> Please help as I need to drive the car in the a.m. !!!
> 
> Scott Calabrese
> Quattro8880@aol.com
>