[OT] Synthetic Tranny Fluid

[Ron Schroeder]

At 01:59 AM 8/30/01 -0800, you wrote:
>I put some Redline MTL in a manual transmission a few months ago.  It
>makes the syncros grab so fast I now get a driveline clunk occasionally.
> I have some slop in the rear end - the pinion can be turned back and
>fourth a degree or two.  With the OEM fluid, the syncros were slow
>enough that the slop was taken up slowly.
>
>Also, when the transmission is warm/hot, the gears spin up so easily
>that I get gear gnashing noise in this situation: Zero MPH, clutch pedal
>to the floor, shift into a forward gear and then to <crunch> reverse. 
>In the split second between the forward gear and reverse, airflow on the
>clutch must be enough to spin up the auxilary shaft.
>
>-- 
>Ludis Langens                               ludis (at) cruzers (dot) com
>Mac, Fiero, & engine controller goodies:  http://www.cruzers.com/~ludis/


You might try MT-90 (75W-90), the MTL is fairly thin (70W-80), maybe too
thin for a worn tranny.

Ron Schroeder
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