[DeTomaso] Gear Oil

Larry Stock larrys at panteraparts.com
Sat Sep 30 14:47:57 EDT 2017


Synthetic oils are TOO slippery for the limited slip clutches, so the
friction modifiers make it less slippery so the clutches will work
properly. RedLine also sell the additive separately if the oil is still
too slippery for worn clutches in the limited slip diff.
Larry Stock

On 9/29/17, 10:51 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Pantdino via DeTomaso"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

>   If you added the friction modifiers you made the Redline more slippery.
>   Which makes the synchros not work as well
>
>   Don't add those modifiers to GL-4 oil
>
>   Jim
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Thomas TAP:rnblom <thomas at hax.se>
>   To: detomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   Sent: Thu, Sep 28, 2017 11:53 pm
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Gear Oil
>   I currently use Castrol Syntrans 75W-90 GL-4+.
>   It is specified for VW transaxles and I needed it when replacing the
>   transmission in one of my son's golf, and when I saw it was a GL-4+
>   oil, I bought a 20 liter container, thinking it would be great also for
>   the ZF.
>   I've used Shell Getriebeoel 75W-90 fully synthetic, and also Mobil 1
>   SHC synthetic, and before switching to this Castrol oil I used Redline,
>   with a bottle of the recommended friction modifiers.
>   Can't say I notice much difference between the oils. I think shifting
>   was hardest with the Redline oil.
>   /Thomas
>   Den 2017-09-29 kl. 08:07, skrev Don Thomas:
>   Paul...
>   Here is a good explanation and article on the difference between the
>   oils, the makeup and some advantages and disadvantages.:
>   [1][1][1]http://www.panteraparts.com/techTips.php
>   GL-4 vs.A GL-5 have always caused a heated debate...A Hopefully that
>   article will help in your quest.
>   and Mike.... as it quotes in the article...
>   "...API GL-4 are the best lubricants for the ZF. "
>   :)
>   Just wanted to poke the bear.
>   Have fun.
>   Cheers !
>   Best regards,
>   -dt
>   Don Thomas
>   On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 8:17 PM, Mike Drew [2]<[2][2]MikeLDrew at aol.com>
>   wrote:
>   Don,
>   If you want to run Amsoil in your ZF, this is probably what you should
>   use:
>   [3][3][3]https://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-product/gear-lube/
>   synthetic-80w-90-gear-lube/
>   Mike
>   Sent from my iPad
>   On Sep 28, 2017, at 21:45, Don Thomas [4]<[4][4]dtpantera at gmail.com>
>   wrote:
>   A A Use a GL-4 rated transaxle oil.
>   A A I use this:
>   A A [1][5][5][5]https://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-product/transmission-
>   fluid/manual/man
>   A A ual-transmission-and-transaxle-gear-lube-75w-90/?code=MTGQT-EA
>   A A Enjoy.
>   A A -dt
>   A A On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 6:31 PM, Paul Timko
>   [6]<[2][6][6]thedrol at pobox.com>
>   A A wrote:
>   A A A A Can someone explain the difference between Gear Oil for limited
>   slip
>   A A A A differentials and standard gear oil?
>   A A A A I'm not looking for a ZF oil recommendation, just some general
>   A A A A knowledge that I can apply to all my cars.
>   A A A A Paul
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