Okay, so in my case the redline is down my driveway where an expensive
quart of oil has leaked out of my 1600's transmission via the front seal. I
decided it was time to change the tranny oil and I figured RedLine was good
stuff so I paid the extra few bucks and dumped 2 quarts (okay, not quite 2
quarts) in my gear box. A quick 30 mile test run resulted in the above
mentioned red line in my drive. it was suggested that I just need to get
some miles on the car and the front deal hopefully will soak up some oil,
swell and quit leaking. Another 20 or 30 miles tonight and I lost maybe 1/4
to 1/2 a cup of oil when I shut the car down. Not sure if the seal is
sealing a bit better or if I'm just running out of oil to leak.
Any one else suffer through this? Any idea how long I need to keep the
brownie pan under the tranny? Or should I swap back to old fashion 90 wt
gear oil?
Next weekend I hope to rack up some big miles again while heading over to
the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. The MidOhio Vintage GP is a great OROC
event (and a great way to get 500 mile break in on the new valves!), but the
PVGP is a totally different event. Almost all the cars are pre-WWII! The
race course is a wonderful combination of winding hilly tree lined park
roads and a full blast run down a boulevard in downtown Pittsburgh. And the
whole week long event is done for charity. http://www.pvgpa.org/
Paul
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