Why not synth in the tranny?
02-05-2006, 10:43 PM
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Why not synth in the tranny?
Read in a post here recently where someone said they'd read an article that recommended not using synthetic gear oil in a manual tranny. Just wondering why that might be. I changed over to synth in my 4-speed last year and it seemed to me there was a noticable change in the ease with which it shifted.
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02-05-2006, 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by JB
Read in a post here recently where someone said they'd read an article that recommended not using synthetic gear oil in a manual tranny. Just wondering why that might be. I changed over to synth in my 4-speed last year and it seemed to me there was a noticable change in the ease with which it shifted.
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Same here, and I'm not draining the synthetic for dyno oil.
02-06-2006, 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by jdmick
I've heard synthetic can be a problem for some internal parts in an automatic but I don't recall hearing anything about problems for a manual.
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02-06-2006, 01:02 AM
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FWIW - the folks at Keisler indicate that the GM Synchromesh fluid actually works better than the synthetics when it comes to shift quality and noise.
