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1. Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: Tom Buchanan <toms_MG@tombuchanan.net>; Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 21:24:27 -0400; Is synthetic oil appropriate for the overdrive transmission? Tom Buchanan toms_MG@tombuchanan.net http://www.tombuchanan.net/mg.html 1974 MGB-GT Piney Flats, TN ______________________________________; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00490.html (7,808 bytes)
2. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: Bob Shaw <shaws@mlcltd.com>; Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 21:23:58 -0500; No. -- Bob Shaw Check out Shaw's Garage at http://www.mlcltd.com/shawsgarage/ My British Car is NOT leaky - it's merely marking its territory.; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00493.html (8,044 bytes)
3. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: "G.G. Causey" <ggcausey@net-venture.com>; Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:55:09 -0800; Red Line makes a synthetic manual transmission gear oil (MT-90) that should work in an OD gearbox. Synthetic motor oil is too slippery. http://tinyurl.com/68xjf ~Jerry; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00494.html (8,012 bytes)
4. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 08:27:04 EDT; In a message dated 7/25/2004 10:58:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ggcausey@net-venture.com writes: Red Line makes a synthetic manual transmission gear oil (MT-90) that should work in an OD gearbox. Syn; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00500.html (8,109 bytes)
5. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 08:38:20 -0400; Don Malling; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00502.html (8,798 bytes)
6. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:09:44 EDT; Synthetic oil may work on the street - I have heard people say so - but it does not work in racing. You will burn the clutch facings out. I have no experience with the synthetics that are not suppose; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00508.html (8,711 bytes)
7. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:37:49 -0500; He's full of beans. I've been running Castrol GTX 20W-50 oil in both my MGB engines and OD trannies for over 15 years, no problems. I do not understand why people want to ignore the owner's manual wh; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00520.html (8,858 bytes)
8. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:00:58 -0500; Er, I don't understand, Bill. Couldn't you put in 20W-40 when racing and have the OD working immediately, then still have 40 weight when things are thoroughly heated up? TIA, CR; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00521.html (8,814 bytes)
9. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:07:23 EDT; Couldn't you put in 20W-40 when racing and have the OD working immediately, then still have 40 weight when things are thoroughly heated up? I prefer straight weights in the gearbox. Multigrade seems; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00522.html (8,630 bytes)
10. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:14:11 -0500; I'll be darned. Once you think you've heard 'em all....... ;^) CR; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00523.html (10,276 bytes)
11. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: "WJHS1960" <wjhs1960@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:29:15 -0500; KISS! j.; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00525.html (8,612 bytes)
12. RE: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: "Dean T. Lake" <dtlake@erols.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:36:48 -0400; I have seen an older listing of the various grades of oil based primarily on the geographic location. So maybe this explanation below could be right on the money. These days modern refineries must el; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00526.html (9,759 bytes)
13. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:44:49 -0400; Hi CR, I checked my owners manual and you are quite right. It does recommend the same oil in the Engine and transmission. It doesn't specify a difference between OD and non-OD transmissions. I unders; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00529.html (11,058 bytes)
14. RE: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:01:41 -0400; I don't in any way claim to be an expert in oil, but it is my understanding that there is still a significantly higher sulfer content in eastern oil. For this reason eastern oil turns acidic faster a; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00531.html (10,453 bytes)
15. RE: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>; Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:48:43 -0600; Well I am an expert beings that I was once a chemist, although my specialty was more with coal than oil. You are essentially correct in a general sense about east versus west sulfur content although; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00534.html (10,506 bytes)
16. Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: "DON SCOTT" <rowdon@sonoma-county.org>; Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:35:38 -0700; My father used to work for an air compressor company back in the 1940s. He always told me that there was a distinction between "Western" oil and "Eastern" oil (California vs. Pennsylvania?). The oil; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00540.html (9,165 bytes)
17. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com; Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:21:10 EDT; This is an ancient line of discussion on the net, but I'm jumping in with a minor update in my experience. OK, waaaay back in 1968 when my first B-GT w/OD was fresh out of the box (and so was I)the; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00541.html (10,384 bytes)
18. RE: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:50:15 -0700; Like all historical documents, factory manual recommendations must be taken in context. The oils originally specified by brand and type had very different qualities than oil currently available. The; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00543.html (12,145 bytes)
19. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: Paul Root <ptroot@iaces.com>; Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:09:08 -0500; I did. It worked fine, but then I only owned the car another 6 months or so. Paul. -- ______ Paul T. Root / _ \ 1977 MGB / /|| \\ \ ||__// \______/; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00547.html (10,529 bytes)
20. Re: Oil for Overdrive Transmission (score: 1): Author: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:45:26 -0400; Hi Kelvin, It's interesting to note that a few years back when Castrol was labeling their 10W/30 and 20W/50 oil as being turbo approved, I never saw Castrol 10W/40 labeled as turbo approved. My under; /html/mgs/2004-07/msg00551.html (10,481 bytes)

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