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Old 09-21-2006, 04:23 AM   #4
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IIRC, you CAN use GL-5 rated oils in the tranny AS LONG AS IT'S ALSO MT-1 RATED. I have a bottle of Valvoline that's GL-4/GL-5 & MT-1. That's okay to use in the tranny and diff.

75w-90 Mobil 1 synthetic gear oil is rated ONLY GL-5. That shit will eat synchros if it gets hot enough.

Ideally, for optimum (by a small margin) performance, you should use a GL-4 only rated oil in your tranny, like MT-90. It's nothing to lose sleep over, using a good MT-1 rated oil won't be noticibly worse than a GL-4 rated oil.

If you want the absolute BEST shit, check out this website:

http://specialtyformulations.netfirms.com/

They forumulate their oils from Group IV and V base oils, not Group III. Group IV and V are TRUE fully synthetic basestocks. From what i've read on BITOG forums (http://theoildrop.server101.com/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi), this oil the the shit.
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