Thanks Dave,
It is odd to me but the Spit list seems adamant about GL4 but I can't seem
to grasp the reasoning. Also does the detergent damage anything in a
straight 30W or 20W 50?
Super confused....
Cheers,
Scott
Mashed BN7
>From: "David Porter" <frogeye@swcp.com>
>Reply-To: "David Porter" <frogeye@swcp.com>
>To: "'scott willis'" <ahpowered@hotmail.com>, <healeys@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: GL4 Oil in Tranny?
>Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:11:20 -0700
>
>Scott,
> As I recall, Triumph tried using Hypoid in the gearboxes and found that
>they were replacing a lot of damaged boxes. They reverted to a non
>detergent
>motor oil and the problems went away. I urge folks to use a straight 30W
>non-detergent in all gearboxes and O/D's.
>Dave
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
>Behalf Of scott willis
>Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 8:06 AM
>To: healeys@autox.team.net
>Subject: GL4 Oil in Tranny?
>
>Hey guys,
>
>I'm not clear on the proper oil to use to save the brass in the tranny. I
>have been using 30w in the MGA. I am using 20W 50 in the Healey and I read
>I
>
>need to use GL4 my GT6+.
>
>I made a mistake and bought two types of GL4 yesterday. Hypoid 140 GL4 and
>85W 90 GL4. Which should I use?
>
>I am concerned about damage caused by the detergent oils I have in the MGA
>and the Healey.
>
>Should I put in GL4?
>
>Cheers,
>Scot
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