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Old 02-05-2005 | 08:55 PM
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gear oil?

with all this talk of gl4 synthetic syncros bla bla bla, i got confused as to wat kind of gear oil our car takes?? i looked at redline and all they had was gl5 stuff. ????? confused.
Old 02-06-2005 | 06:24 AM
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I stick with regular castrol gear oil.
Old 02-06-2005 | 12:33 PM
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Re: gear oil?

Originally posted by toycar
with all this talk of gl4 synthetic syncros bla bla bla, i got confused as to wat kind of gear oil our car takes?? i looked at redline and all they had was gl5 stuff. ????? confused.
GL4 for the tranny, GL5 for the diff

every gear oil has a GL rating - read the labels.
Old 02-06-2005 | 12:40 PM
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But finding GL4 in regular autoparts stores is impossible.
Old 02-15-2005 | 10:08 AM
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use GL5 synthetic in the tranny.
Old 02-15-2005 | 02:18 PM
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Originally posted by Pedrolies
use GL5 synthetic in the tranny.
Oh man... That is so wrong [here we go again]. Instead of explaining it again, here ya go:

http://www.club240.com/forums/showth...hlight=redline

If you need more info, search for it - there's a few more threads that cover this.

>> Closed.
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