<VV> transaxle gear lube

Paul Rollins s_debaker at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 28 20:29:09 EST 2006


At 12:22 PM 2/28/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:36:54 -0800
>From: Chris & Bill Strickland <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
>Subject: <VV> Re: VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 13, Issue 97
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>
>Chuck Kubin wrote:
>
> >>  I was surprised to read ATF, not a gear oil ...
> >
>
>there's a number of older British cars that use 30 W for manual tranny
>fluid, too
>
>Bill


Synthetic gear lubes, like RedLine MTL are very thin. MTL looks like about 
20 or 30 weight oil, and is recommended for use in at least some 
transaxles. I don't know if it is recommended for Corvairs.

Paul




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