Redline Tranny Oil

I went to the VW shop and asked for some good tranny oil for my 69 Ghia.
They sold me two bottle of 80W Redline synthetic oil. I asked about
it being 80W since VWs use 90W. They said the 80W synthetic is fine.
Are they telling the truth or just selling what they have? I'm not
going to put it in my tranny until I find out for sure it is OK.

Thanks,
Gary

User Example wrote:
> I went to the VW shop and asked for some good tranny oil for my 69 Ghia.
> They sold me two bottle of 80W Redline synthetic oil. I asked about
> it being 80W since VWs use 90W. They said the 80W synthetic is fine.
> Are they telling the truth or just selling what they have? I'm not
> going to put it in my tranny until I find out for sure it is OK.
>
> Thanks,
> Gary

NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER..

J.

"P.J. Berg" > wrote in message
news:5aUye.91$jA4.79@amstwist00...
> User Example wrote:
>> I went to the VW shop and asked for some good tranny oil for my 69 Ghia.
>> They sold me two bottle of 80W Redline synthetic oil. I asked about it
>> being 80W since VWs use 90W. They said the 80W synthetic is fine. Are
>> they telling the truth or just selling what they have? I'm not going to
>> put it in my tranny until I find out for sure it is OK.

> NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER..

What's the story about GL5 not being good for ACVW trannies? Not true?

On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 12:46:43 -0500, "Lorem Ipsum" >
wrote:

>"P.J. Berg" > wrote in message
>news:5aUye.91$jA4.79@amstwist00...
>> User Example wrote:
>>> I went to the VW shop and asked for some good tranny oil for my 69 Ghia.
>>> They sold me two bottle of 80W Redline synthetic oil. I asked about it
>>> being 80W since VWs use 90W. They said the 80W synthetic is fine. Are
>>> they telling the truth or just selling what they have? I'm not going to
>>> put it in my tranny until I find out for sure it is OK.
>
>> NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER..
>
>What's the story about GL5 not being good for ACVW trannies? Not true?
>

http://theoildrop.server101.com/cgi/...&f=16&t=001570

Lorem Ipsum wrote:
> "P.J. Berg" > wrote in message
> news:5aUye.91$jA4.79@amstwist00...
>
>>User Example wrote:
>>
>>>I went to the VW shop and asked for some good tranny oil for my 69 Ghia.
>>>They sold me two bottle of 80W Redline synthetic oil. I asked about it
>>>being 80W since VWs use 90W. They said the 80W synthetic is fine. Are
>>>they telling the truth or just selling what they have? I'm not going to
>>>put it in my tranny until I find out for sure it is OK.
>
>
>>NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER..
>
>
> What's the story about GL5 not being good for ACVW trannies? Not true?
>
>

Ah, he did not state GL4 or GL5 for the Redline, my fault..

I would stick with GL4.. Penzoil amongst others still have it
available at a good price.

Castrol also makes a full synthetic GL4..

J.

P.J. Berg wrote:
> Lorem Ipsum wrote:
>
>> "P.J. Berg" > wrote in message
>> news:5aUye.91$jA4.79@amstwist00...
>>
>>> User Example wrote:
>>>
>>>> I went to the VW shop and asked for some good tranny oil for my 69
>>>> Ghia. They sold me two bottle of 80W Redline synthetic oil. I asked
>>>> about it being 80W since VWs use 90W. They said the 80W synthetic
>>>> is fine. Are they telling the truth or just selling what they have?
>>>> I'm not going to put it in my tranny until I find out for sure it is
>>>> OK.
>>
>>
>>
>>> NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER..
>>
>>
>>
>> What's the story about GL5 not being good for ACVW trannies? Not true?
>>
>>
>
> Ah, he did not state GL4 or GL5 for the Redline, my fault..
>
> I would stick with GL4.. Penzoil amongst others still have it
> available at a good price.
>
> Castrol also makes a full synthetic GL4..

Redline MTL is GL-4. So is MT-90.

nate


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When GL5 spec first came out, there was some incompatibility with
yellow metals. They quickly revised the spec (and called it GL5 MT-1)
and it is fine for all yellow metals. All GL5's are now MT-1 also, so
go right ahead and use it. I use mobil1 75w90 in my '69 bug and it has
worked great for quite a while.

Dane
'69 Bug
'63 Bug

Nate Nagel wrote:
> P.J. Berg wrote:
> > Lorem Ipsum wrote:
> >
> >> "P.J. Berg" > wrote in message
> >> news:5aUye.91$jA4.79@amstwist00...
> >>
> >>> User Example wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I went to the VW shop and asked for some good tranny oil for my 69
> >>>> Ghia. They sold me two bottle of 80W Redline synthetic oil. I asked
> >>>> about it being 80W since VWs use 90W. They said the 80W synthetic
> >>>> is fine. Are they telling the truth or just selling what they have?
> >>>> I'm not going to put it in my tranny until I find out for sure it is
> >>>> OK.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER..
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> What's the story about GL5 not being good for ACVW trannies? Not true?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Ah, he did not state GL4 or GL5 for the Redline, my fault..
> >
> > I would stick with GL4.. Penzoil amongst others still have it
> > available at a good price.
> >
> > Castrol also makes a full synthetic GL4..
>
> Redline MTL is GL-4. So is MT-90.
>
> nate
>
>
> --
> replace "fly" with "com" to reply.
> http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel

Dane Tyler wrote:
> When GL5 spec first came out, there was some incompatibility with
> yellow metals. They quickly revised the spec (and called it GL5 MT-1)
> and it is fine for all yellow metals. All GL5's are now MT-1 also, so
> go right ahead and use it. I use mobil1 75w90 in my '69 bug and it has
> worked great for quite a while.
>
> Dane
> '69 Bug
> '63 Bug
>

Read the whole "Bob is the oil guy" link Travis provided, and you will
see a different consensus..

J.





> Nate Nagel wrote:
>
>>P.J. Berg wrote:
>>
>>>Lorem Ipsum wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"P.J. Berg" > wrote in message
>>>>news:5aUye.91$jA4.79@amstwist00...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>User Example wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I went to the VW shop and asked for some good tranny oil for my 69
>>>>>>Ghia. They sold me two bottle of 80W Redline synthetic oil. I asked
>>>>>>about it being 80W since VWs use 90W. They said the 80W synthetic
>>>>>>is fine. Are they telling the truth or just selling what they have?
>>>>>>I'm not going to put it in my tranny until I find out for sure it is
>>>>>>OK.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What's the story about GL5 not being good for ACVW trannies? Not true?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Ah, he did not state GL4 or GL5 for the Redline, my fault..
>>>
>>>I would stick with GL4.. Penzoil amongst others still have it
>>>available at a good price.
>>>
>>>Castrol also makes a full synthetic GL4..
>>
>>Redline MTL is GL-4. So is MT-90.
>>
>>nate
>>
>>
>>--
>>replace "fly" with "com" to reply.
>>http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel
>
>

>>
>>> User Example wrote:
>>>
>>>> I went to the VW shop and asked for some good tranny oil for my 69
>>>> Ghia. They sold me two bottle of 80W Redline synthetic oil. I asked
>>>> about it being 80W since VWs use 90W. They said the 80W synthetic
>>>> is fine. Are they telling the truth or just selling what they have?
>>>> I'm not going to put it in my tranny until I find out for sure it is
>>>> OK.
>>
>>
>>> NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER..
>>
>>
>> What's the story about GL5 not being good for ACVW trannies? Not true?
>>
>>
>
> Ah, he did not state GL4 or GL5 for the Redline, my fault..
>

I have the GL4 stuff.

Then you are good to go! I'm using Amsoil that is supposedly compatible with GL-3 through 5. A GL-4 compatible oil means
you are golden!
"User Example" > wrote in message ...
> >>
> >>> User Example wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I went to the VW shop and asked for some good tranny oil for my 69
> >>>> Ghia. They sold me two bottle of 80W Redline synthetic oil. I asked
> >>>> about it being 80W since VWs use 90W. They said the 80W synthetic
> >>>> is fine. Are they telling the truth or just selling what they have?
> >>>> I'm not going to put it in my tranny until I find out for sure it is
> >>>> OK.
> >>
> >>
> >>> NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER..
> >>
> >>
> >> What's the story about GL5 not being good for ACVW trannies? Not true?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Ah, he did not state GL4 or GL5 for the Redline, my fault..
> >
>
> I have the GL4 stuff.