cdbtx

I've heard about it, but simply never tried it before. I've had the typical grinding syncros on my 83 transmission - for racing I typically change the gear oil at least twice a year - this time I put in the Redline 70W90NS.

When I took it out for a test drive last night I was absolutely amazed. Even cold - the gears smoothly slipped into place - no grinding, no double clutching required...

So - now I'm off to bang my head against the wall wondering why I didn't do this sooner...

123quattro

I'll have to put some of this in my 84 and see if it helps my similar issue.

AO

John-
I have 4 qts sitting in my garage that you can have if you want. Just let me know...

drnick

chuck, what oil were you running before and was it a synthetic?

cdbtx

I've run both Amsoil and Redline - but not the Redline NS

mark kibort

yep, and the other miracle gear oil is swepco for the old rear ends. I found good luck with the redline NS for the LSD rear ends and trannie.

mk

LT Texan

I changed to Swepco from Mobil 1 years ago and noticed an improvement. That was on Devek's recommendation quite a few years ago.

Louie928

Congrats! Your experience mirrors mine.

F451

Check!

Another entry into the Ed B master list of must have products and upgrades.

Thanks! -Ed

ps: Chuck, I just bought a commuter mobile ('96 Volvo 855R turbo - 242 hp!) so will be able to park my S4 daily driver and do a bit of long neglected maintenance. I decided to take your advice and pull the engine and do a ton of the typical "pull the engine type work" on it. Will probably take me forever, put that's fine. I'll probably host a pull the engine 928 gathering once I get a free weekend day. I'll keep the PacNW'ers posted.

cdbtx

Ed,

6 hours and we can have the engine out - Hoist and engine are available..

928ntslow

When I first got my GTS, I changed all of the fluids in the car among other things. I used Mobil 1 gear oil for the trans/final drive. When I got it finished and out on the road, I was very disappointed with the Mobil 1 and switched to Redline. WOW, MAJOR difference! I recently switched to Royal Purple and am NOT happy at all with the stuff. I think I will try the Swepco next.

dr bob

Ummm, if you know that the Redline works well, why would you hop-scotch around with other products? Just curious...

jetrainor

I'm in the process of swapping in a LSD unit to my transaxle...Mark K mentions redline gear oil for lsd differentials...what weight should i be looking for?
thanks\
87 euro auto

jheis

I went from Mobile 1 to Swepco (on the DEVEK recommendation). BIG mistake! Save your money. Syncro action was much worse with Swepco. Changed to Redline - it was almost like a transmission rebuid in a bottle - much better.
James