On Aug 14, 5:19*pm, jim beam > wrote:
> On 08/14/2012 12:18 AM, AD wrote:
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> > On Aug 13, 6:55 pm, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
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> >>> I had the gearbox and rear diff fluid changed to BP 75w90 (synthetic)..
> >>> about 1.3 liter went into the rear diff and 2.7 was left for the
> >>> manual
> >>> gearbox.
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> >> Of what? What kind of car?
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> >>> It feels not the same now. The slickness of shifts seems to be out
> >>> and the rubbery feel of a subaru manual gearbox is in.
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> >> What did the dealer recommend? What does the manual recommend?
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> >>> It's also seems more difficult to get A4 into the second gear.
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> >> Is this an Audi A4? What year? Some of those want GL5 oil, some of
> >> them want different oil for the gearbox and the differential.
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> > A4 B6 (made in late sept 2002)
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> >>> I'm hallucinating or what? OEM VW transaxle oil is about $45 a quart
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> >>> around here and I'd rather not spend those $135 plus labor to get the
> >>> shifting slick and seamless
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> >> It's a 20 minute job, you can do it yourself in the driveway. Don't
> >> waste $135 on having some joker do it. I'd tend to recommend Red Line
> >> or Motul but you'll get as many different oil recommendations as mechanics
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> > 75w80 or 75w90?
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> > I was pondering the idea of lighter weight oil to alleviate that
> > shifting woe.
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> einstein's definition of insanity - keep doing the same thing but
> expecting a different result.
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I am not disputing the need to change the brand
and possibly sucking up to buying oem at the hefty premium
while going lighter weight.

> just buy the right oil dude. *only don't get ripped off - buy online and
> pay half what you were quoted. *or less.

thanks, though savings going online in my neck of wood ain't what they
are in the states