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I just did this not too long ago. I used the 75W-90 for the diff (buy 2 bottles, you'll use a little more than half from the second) and MT90 for the tranny (buy 3 bottles, use 2 1/2)
My experience with the MT90 is very pleasing. It takes about 500 miles to be broken in, and after that it's easy shifting 101. Never going to switch. Have fun beer bonging those fluids!
My experience with the MT90 is very pleasing. It takes about 500 miles to be broken in, and after that it's easy shifting 101. Never going to switch. Have fun beer bonging those fluids!
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I couldn't tell you if there's something special in it or not, the reasoning behind me liking it so much was my 2nd gear was a bitch to get it to gear when I bought my 10AE (gear box is probably just now broken in) and after I put in the new fluid it started shifting a hell of a lot better.
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the only difference I've noticed with the Redline MT-90 is that on highway drives, the shifter stick doesn't heat up at all.
Before, when I first got my car, the shifter would get quite hot after 5-10 minutes on the highway. Now, even after 2 hours, the stick barely gets warm.
Haven't done my diff. yet, because the bolts are stuck on there too well, and I'm always bringing the wrong tools with me when I actually go to do the job
Before, when I first got my car, the shifter would get quite hot after 5-10 minutes on the highway. Now, even after 2 hours, the stick barely gets warm.
Haven't done my diff. yet, because the bolts are stuck on there too well, and I'm always bringing the wrong tools with me when I actually go to do the job
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I would worry if the stuff is made for transmissions.
GL-5 is not equal or supercedes GL-4.
The bottle should explicitly state "for use in synchromesh" transmissions.
Typical GL-5 "gear oil" includes sulfates as a bearing load enhancer; sulfates can eat bronze synchronizers in modern synchromesh transmissions. This can mean you can get initial great performance, but shifting will start to grind over time. You can easily tell if a gear oil has sulfates - smell it. Sulfates STINK - Redline MT90 does not have that nasty smell to it.
I've seen the other thread that is similar to this where Icemark mentioned that the owners manual specifies GL-5 in the transmission, but I can't confirm that myself. I prefer to stick to GL-4 stuff or if the literature specifically states it's okay for synchromesh transmissions.
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GL-5 is not equal or supercedes GL-4.
The bottle should explicitly state "for use in synchromesh" transmissions.
Typical GL-5 "gear oil" includes sulfates as a bearing load enhancer; sulfates can eat bronze synchronizers in modern synchromesh transmissions. This can mean you can get initial great performance, but shifting will start to grind over time. You can easily tell if a gear oil has sulfates - smell it. Sulfates STINK - Redline MT90 does not have that nasty smell to it.
I've seen the other thread that is similar to this where Icemark mentioned that the owners manual specifies GL-5 in the transmission, but I can't confirm that myself. I prefer to stick to GL-4 stuff or if the literature specifically states it's okay for synchromesh transmissions.
-Ted
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Originally posted by RETed
I've seen the other thread that is similar to this where Icemark mentioned that the owners manual specifies GL-5 in the transmission, but I can't confirm that myself. I prefer to stick to GL-4 stuff or if the literature specifically states it's okay for synchromesh transmissions.
I've seen the other thread that is similar to this where Icemark mentioned that the owners manual specifies GL-5 in the transmission, but I can't confirm that myself. I prefer to stick to GL-4 stuff or if the literature specifically states it's okay for synchromesh transmissions.
I've got the 86 owner's manual right here.
Manual transmission oil - API Service GL-4, GL-5
Rear axle oil - (for normal differential gear) API Service GL-5
- (for Limited-slip differential gear) API Service GL-5
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