[Tigers] synthetic gear lube

[Sandy Ganz]

I have used Redline MTL in an older BMW box and had good results as well when cold. No leakage. I have it in another box, but have not used the car yet. Oddly it leaks like a sieve, but not due to the MTL. The biggest problem with Synthetics is they are sometimes too slippery for the synchro's which is normally may not be an issue with our type of gear boxes but can be. I have a couple of Porsche 930 gear boxes and I was told NEVER run synthetic in them as they will not shift well. They rely on friction for the synchro's and the synthetics are too slippery for them to work. ALSO make sure your not running anything with friction modifiers (additives) like for the Diff, some products have them and they have been known to cause issues with shifting due to being too slippery. That all being said, I'm generally not likely to go out of my way for synthetic for the gearbox unless I have it. Cruise the web for more info on the holy war on synthetics in the
 gearbox.

Sandy

----- Original Message ----
From: "Rense, Mark (GE Indust, ConsInd)" <mark.rense at ge.com>
To: Tiger Email List <tigers at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:39:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] synthetic gear lube

I second that on the Redline tranny lube. Great stuff, and while I have
not experienced any weeping out of the transmission, it does
occasionally snivel when shifted too quickly.
:>)

Bugz

-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces+mark.rense=ge.com at autox.team.net
[mailto:tigers-bounces+mark.rense=ge.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Cliff Alexander
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:17 AM
To: Tiger Email List
Subject: Re: [Tigers] synthetic gear lube

I've used the Redline MTL in the past and it made a huge difference in
how smooth the trans shifted both cold and hot, especially cold. My
trans weeped a little oil before I changed and still weeped a little
after, I didn't notice a big difference.
    Cliff
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