Gear Box Oil

[SKEET]

hey guys

was just wondering what gear box oil do u guys usually use

which one do u think is the best .. i herd the red line gear box oil is preety good

thank you

[T04GTR]

depends what car it is

gtst = light weight shockproof

gtr = heavy shockproof

redline oil.

any good quality synthetic gear oil is sutable.

[MR R33]

redline- i used the blue stuff and you can feel the difference.

[SKEET]

ok so i went to the redline websit and looked up the

redline light weight shock proof .. and i got abit confused it said

not recommended for most syncro-type transmissions... dont all cars have those

http://www.redlineoil.com/products_gearlub...=61&subcatID=20

[Duncan]

well almost all road cars do, but there are non-synchro boxes out there.

*edit* sorry to add to that, there has been a suggestion that the lightwieght can accelerate synchro wear while at the same time making it shift much nicer in the short term. But since you only put this stuff into stuffed boxes anyway it is just a bandaid to keep them going a bit longer.

Long term solution is new synchros in the box but thats a pretty expensive job $800+

[R33-Lovr]

i use Castrol VMX 80,

works for me, i had a grinding noise at cold start and that got rid of it,

but i still think there should be something better then the VMX80

i'll have to do another research when times comes again..

[Lazy-Bastard]

Castrol VMX80 and a large tube of Nulon G70

[Trex101]

hey guys

was just wondering what gear box oil do u guys usually use

which one do u think is the best .. i herd the red line gear box oil is preety good

thank you

Use RL 75w90ns (safe for syncro) for your manual tranny and RL 75w90 for your diff.

[RANDY]

I think Redline quote that oil as 70W130, and the VMX80 is whateverW80?

I have the castrol stuff in there now, and it didn't fix my crunch. It seems to go away when the car is quite hot.

ActionDan wrote up a little guide on the Redline oil in his car, and from what i've read, it should fix my problem. I'm yet to hear of anyone who has completely killed their synchros from using Redline Lightweight.

[Emancipator]

Try...

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=114403

Edited June 16, 2006 by Emancipator