Replacing Redline Shockproof

[Corktrain]

G'Day all

Been having problems lately with the old smurfs blood pumping itself onto the garage floor through the gearbox breathers after every drive. It's giving me the shits and I would like to change it over to Royal Purple as soon as possible.

Does anyone know if there are any snag points when it comes to getting rid of the Redline oil? I've heard stories about it being quite stubborn to flush out.

The plan is to buy some cheap stuff, run it for 50-100kms, then drop it and put the RP in. Any tips would be appreciated..

Cheers

[GTSBoy]

Just extent the breather up to the clutch master with a long bit of hose and a cable tie.

[Corktrain]

Thanks mate, might just use an oil that's fit for purpose..

[GTSBoy]

The shockproof is fit for purpose. It just foams up a little bit. Mine used to look like a smurf orgy happened under my car. Added 300mm of hose, and nothing has come out since. Total cost? A whole lot less than an unnecessary oil change.

[Humbla]

Got rid of mine and went back to the original spec gear box oil ,works much better. :-)

[89CAL]

If you want to flush then ATF might work pretty well. I ran it to see how it would go after seeing late model commodores run it in their manual boxes. It worked OK but because it thins out nicely when it warms up, it flushed the gearbox pretty well.

Its just a suggestion anyway. Im having the same problem with the redline but have a new batch ready to go in. If it does the same then ill play with the breather