I'll be darned. Once you think you've heard 'em all....... ;^)
CR
DON SCOTT wrote:
> My father used to work for an air compressor company back in the 1940s.
> He always told me that there was a distinction between "Western" oil and
> "Eastern" oil (California vs. Pennsylvania?). The oil that they used
> for compressors was Western oil- not as capable of withstanding very
> high temperatures, but slipprier, so better for light applications like
> air compressors. I used to seek out 30 wt Western oil back in the '60s
> and '70s for my MG transmissions. It was cheaper too.
>
>
> >>> Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com> 7/26/2004 3:37:49 PM >>>
> 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,
> <http://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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