He's full of beans. I've been running Castrol GTX 20W-50 oil in
both my MGB engines and OD trannies for over 15 years, no problems. I
do not understand why people want to ignore the owner's manual which
clearly states that you should run the same dino oil in the tranny as
you use in the engine.
Cheers,
CR
Don Malling wrote:
> According to John Esposito www.quantumechanics.com, only 30W
> non-detergent motor oil should be used in an OD transmission. John said
> that deteregent motor oil will foam in the transmission and will not
> work well with the OD. I can't remember the details of why the foaming
> was not good for the OD.
>
> Don Malling
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