i was told several years ago while at an oil company training school
that the problem with using conventional 80/90 in a trans is that if you
have any yellow metals for syncros the sulphur / phosphorus compound used
for the antiwear additive will start corrosion of the metals that can not be
reversed. that means the syncros go bad. being an alpine owner ,i'm not sure
of what is in the tiger trans. this might be the problem. i do know that the
oil to be used in an alpine trans is conventional motor oil. the
conventional 80/90 is used in the rear end. on another note, while at a
shell meeting recently, i asked one of their tech engineers about rotella
15/40 and was told that it still has 1200 ppm of zddp. this means no
additives needed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard" <rcsphx1@cox.net>
To: "Tiger List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 1:58 PM
Subject: [Tigers] Recommended Lubricants
> Time to change the trans and diff oil. I have a stock MKII, what would
> you
> recommend for oils. Last time I used 80W90 gear oil.
>
> Somewhere I think I read not to use a GL5 spec?
>
> Also, sometimes it is difficult to get into 1st when taking off from a
> stoplight, and sometimes it will slip out of 3rd
>
> when decelerating.
>
>
>
> Thanks for the advice
>
> Rich
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