Is that the six speed box?

I think my car has the 02M box....anyway, I've just ordered 3 bottles of redline mt-90 gear oil for my car. Supposed to be very good stuff and improve the gear change. Mine can be a bit notchy from 2nd to 3rd sometimes.

Red Line Oil's MTL and MT-90 are designed to provide excellent protection and improved shiftability for manual transmissions and transaxles, having cured the problem of hard shifting in thousands of transmissions with shifting troubles. How? They have the appropriate coefficient of friction for most manual transmission synchronizers (many gear oils, engine oils, and ATFs are too slippery for proper synchro engagement). And, the wide viscosity of MTL and MT-90 allow proper shifting over the entire temperature range which the transmission will experience. The synthetic base oils used have a very high viscosity index which provides relatively constant viscosity as temperature changes. MTL is a low 70W at very low temperatures and a high 80W, nearly an 85W, at elevated temperatures, providing adequate viscosity to prevent wear and deaden gear noise. MT-90 is a thicker 75W90 version of MTL. The shear stability and oxidation stability of these products are excellent, thus the physical characteristics of Red Line MTL and MT-90 will change little with use.

http://www.redlineoil.com/products_gearlub...mp;categoryID=7

Neil.

 

No mine is a 5 speed. Its starting to get a bit notchy in 1st and 2nd. Ive adjusted the gear linkages and its a little better.

The gearbox oil is low so id rather put in fresh stuff than top up the old one.

Ive read about that redline stuff alright but didnt know where to get it here in Ireland. I didnt know you could have chemicals delivered by post, I thought it was against safety regulations or some shit.???

Thanks for the reply and the link.

 

I don't think there is any problem posting oils, I've ordered some from opie oils http://www.opieoils.co.uk/

Delivery is £10 to Ireland but thats for up to 10kg so you could order some engine oil at the same time.

Neil.

 

That Castrol SMX-S is great stuff, I have it in the gearboxes of all my cars. Have heard good things about the redline oils, but they are too hard to get here in Ireland so I have never used them.

 

redline MTL and MT-90 are both great oils, but they're not interchangeable - which one to use depends on the gearbox. For mk2 boxes I've heard MTL for rod change and MT-90 for cable change.

 

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and slightly overfilled to the top a the level indicator to get the selectors to sit slightly higher in gear changes,
worked a treat as was having issues with 2-3rd gearchanges at high revs...

Hope this helps,

Jon


I'm having the same problems with 2nd-3rd at high revs, thanks for the tip

Neil.

 

Excellent replys. Thanks guys.

I think ill go with the castrol smx-s as I can get it in my local autofactors.

Ive also got a bottle of Slick50 gearbox oil additive. Some people say its great, others say doesnt last too long. Should I pop it in with the new oil or not bother.???