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Re: Funky Overdrive, Pt 2

To: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
Subject: Re: Funky Overdrive, Pt 2
From: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:58:57 -0500
    Here we go again.  There was a long discussion on this, back when; 
it rears its head now and then.  I've run Castrol detergent 20W-50 oil 
in my ODs for years, no probs.  Another old wives' tale.

   CR

Don Malling wrote:
> I doubt it's your problem, but according to John Esposito
> www.quantumechanics.com one should not use detergent motor oil in an OD
> transmission. He claims it will foam and may damagage it.
> 
> He recommends non-detergent 30W. I use Castrol non-detergent.
> 
> Don Malling
> 
> 
> Thomas Pokrefke wrote:
>  > I cleaned the filter at the bottom of the overdrive, and removed and 
> cleaned
>  > the pressure relief valve assembly.  I refilled the transmission with 
> fresh
>  > Castrol 20w-50, but I am still having a funky problem.
>  >
>  > The overdrive will engage normally, and when I disengage the 
> overdrive, I
>  > feel the 'thump' associated with the overdrive disengaging.  However, 
> with
>  > the throttle closed, the overdrive will "free-wheel" rather than 
> compression
>  > brake.
>  >
>  > What else should I look at?
>  >
>  > Thomas James Pokrefke, III

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