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Gearbox oil?
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:24 pm
by hudson44
My Paj has a little bit of crunching into 3rd when cold like the synchro's are binding. Is it better to use a thicker or thinner oil with warn synchro's? I'm currently running Castrol VMX-80 which is great for FWD cars but am thinking it's a little thin? Any theories?
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:47 pm
by kg
stick with the 80 if you go to 90 or more you may end up with a lot of crunching.
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:51 pm
by -Scott-
Been there, given up on that.
Castrol VMX-M is specially formulated by Castrol to work in this box. I believe it's also 80 weight, but with different additives. It didn't fix my problem.
There's also a specific Castrol synthetic recommended for this box. I can't remember the details, but they're here somewhere - all you have to do is make Search work.
Edit: Try
here.