<VV> Corvair oil

[John Beck]

I haven't tried it in a Corvair yet because I haven't been driving mine 
for a while but...  I switched to Red Line gear lubes in my other 
vehicles several years ago because their tech support people are willing 
to give detailed answers to questions and seem like they actually 
understand the engineering of their products.  I suspect that the 
anything you put in a Corvair is going to be a compromise because it 
will wind up in the transmission and the differential.  Might be 
interesting to ask their opinion.  --J.B.

BobHelt at aol.com wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> All very true. But I would like to add that I believe Richard Widman in his
>   article and comments has indicated that the problem with GL-5 was not that
> it  would attack brass BUT that GL-5 was TOO SLIPPERY. Thus it would allow
> additional wear on the brass blocker rings (compared to GL-4).
>
> Regards,
> Bob Helt
>
>
> In a message dated 7/18/2012 12:53:22 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
> jld at wk.net writes:
>
> As for  differential oil, they recommended their GL-5.  When ask about
> what  it would do to the brass syncro blocker rings in Corvair manual
> transmissions, they stated the sulfur compounds were tied-up in the
> molecules and would not attack  brass.
>
>