No flares. You are right. In fact, multi-viscosity
oils lubricate WORSE than single grade oil. The
additives that provide the multi-vis effect (with
heat) is NOT a lubricant.
-rick
--- Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Engine oil. Most people will tell you 20w50. I am
> using 30wt in that same
> transmission, on the theory that multigrade is
> irrelevant to a transmission,
> and breaks down faster (how often do you change your
> transmission oil?). It
> probably really doesn't matter so long as you don't
> use synthetic, and you
> don't use 80/90 wt gear oil.
>
> But this question seems to have religious overtones,
> so I am preparing for
> flames...
>
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>
>
> on 8/8/07 2:10 PM, James Nazarian at
> james.nazarian@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > A friend of mine has an '80 MGB with overdrive.
> What oil should he put in
> > the transmission and overdrive?
> >
> > thanks,
> > James
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