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Title: gearbox oil vr6
Post by: Outlawsaffa1982 on 08 January 2014, 20:55

Evening all.

What oil do i need to use in my vr6 gearbox?  I got some castrol multi application the other day but it feels a bit knotchy when changing threw the gears, im thinking the oils not viscus enough...

Any thoughts?

Title: Re: gearbox oil vr6
Post by: itavaltalainen on 08 January 2014, 21:25

synthetic 75w90 - ideally one that is for gearboxes and diffs (lasts better)...
I used Total Syn Fe 75w90 in the past and was pleasantly surprised of how much it helped my old mk3 gearbox :)

Title: Re: gearbox oil vr6
Post by: Outlawsaffa1982 on 08 January 2014, 21:28

Great! Il give it a bash!

Title: Re: gearbox oil vr6
Post by: Outlawsaffa1982 on 09 January 2014, 22:44

Ok! So after doing a bit more reading and research I found a very helpful thread on the vr6oc forum!

They are suggesting Redline mt-90, gonna give it a go and see what's what!

Title: Re: gearbox oil vr6
Post by: Outlawsaffa1982 on 09 January 2014, 22:45

http://www.vr6oc.com/forum/topic/20043-which-gearbox-oil-for-my-my-vr/

Title: Re: gearbox oil vr6
Post by: itavaltalainen on 09 January 2014, 23:06

MT90 is a synthetic 75w90, from data sheet looks marginally better than the Total Syn FE 75w90.

TBH you probably won't notice a huge difference between the two of them (or other synth. 75w90's), either will make it much better than with the 15-20 year old gunk that in there now.