Paul,
I've been using Redline for over 10 years in various trannies and never
experienced your problem. Synthetics do have a tendency to leak easier
whether it be an engine or tranny or diff if the seals aren't good. The
reason is that they flow so much better than dino oil.
I think your front seal needs to be replaced. I ran Redline in a 4 speed
with no problems but I did replace all the seals first and the same with my
rebuilt 5 speed.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <9laser3@bright.net>
To: <Datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 7:07 PM
Subject: Redline tranny oil blues! & PVGP weekend approaches.
> 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
> OROC
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