Can I use SAE 80W-90 gear oil in my 1960 Renault Caravelle transmission gearbox? I am having trouble locating the recommended SAE 80 EP in the USA. Thanks!
SAE 80 EP gear oil
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I would use Redline MT90.
Red Line (50204) SAE 75W80 API GL-4 Manual Transmission and Transaxle Lubricant - 1 Quart https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CPCBEG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Pw8xybJEPZC0H
The Red Line worked great in my R8.
Use stuff rated for MTL OK to use with brass synchros
Originally Posted By: Mercurymarc
Can I use SAE 80W-90 gear oil in my 1960 Renault Caravelle transmission gearbox? I am having trouble locating the recommended SAE 80 EP in the USA. Thanks!
For bearings and gears protection, you should select 80W90,which is equivalent to ISO 150 gear oil.
Inadequate operating viscosity with lower viscosity grade, would wear out the worn bearings sooner , not later.
Can I use SAE 80W-90 gear oil in my 1960 Renault Caravelle transmission gearbox? I am having trouble locating the recommended SAE 80 EP in the USA. Thanks!
For bearings and gears protection, you should select 80W90,which is equivalent to ISO 150 gear oil.
Inadequate operating viscosity with lower viscosity grade, would wear out the worn bearings sooner , not later.
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I think this is what you are looking for:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000M8RYMC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Don't use GL-5 in a transmission that requires GL-4! GL-5 contains sulfur and has destroyed allot of transmissions. Especially Fiat transmissions that require GL-1 90 weight.
I have a Citroen 2CV and wanted to put the correct gear oil in it. All I could find locally was GL-5. Amazon.com had the best deal on it.
Although my car is in good shape, the only issue is it sometimes want to grind a bit when downshifting from 4th to 3rd. Going up through the gears it shifts OK. Most of the time when a syncro is worn, it will grind no matter what. But I discovered if I push in the clutch , take it out of gear then blip the throttle a bit before going from 4th to 3rd is goes in without any grinding.
This car is in pretty good condition but I don't think the previous owner did much maintenance to it. The engine oil was black as tar and when I drained the transmission oil out it had that same pungent GL-5 smell to it. So I wonder if someone put the wrong gear oil in it and this did premature damage. If the speedometer is correct, the car has only 25,000 miles on it!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000M8RYMC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Don't use GL-5 in a transmission that requires GL-4! GL-5 contains sulfur and has destroyed allot of transmissions. Especially Fiat transmissions that require GL-1 90 weight.
I have a Citroen 2CV and wanted to put the correct gear oil in it. All I could find locally was GL-5. Amazon.com had the best deal on it.
Although my car is in good shape, the only issue is it sometimes want to grind a bit when downshifting from 4th to 3rd. Going up through the gears it shifts OK. Most of the time when a syncro is worn, it will grind no matter what. But I discovered if I push in the clutch , take it out of gear then blip the throttle a bit before going from 4th to 3rd is goes in without any grinding.
This car is in pretty good condition but I don't think the previous owner did much maintenance to it. The engine oil was black as tar and when I drained the transmission oil out it had that same pungent GL-5 smell to it. So I wonder if someone put the wrong gear oil in it and this did premature damage. If the speedometer is correct, the car has only 25,000 miles on it!
different plates front and back?
Here is an 80W90 EP that is GL4 rated instead of GL5:
http://performanceracingoils.com/classic-gear-oil-ep-80w90-p-50.html
Either this product from Millers, or the Sta-Lube 85W90 GL4 that was linked in a post above this one, would be recommended. The Millers oil will be slightly thinner when cold though, which may help shift quality.
http://performanceracingoils.com/classic-gear-oil-ep-80w90-p-50.html
Either this product from Millers, or the Sta-Lube 85W90 GL4 that was linked in a post above this one, would be recommended. The Millers oil will be slightly thinner when cold though, which may help shift quality.
Originally Posted By: Jetronic
different plates front and back?
Yeah I don't know what that's all about. I bought the car with those mismatched plates. My boss who is from France told me the front plate was from Nice and the rear plate was from outside Paris.
The car did come from France though. Which is the original plate (if either is) I don't know.
different plates front and back?
Yeah I don't know what that's all about. I bought the car with those mismatched plates. My boss who is from France told me the front plate was from Nice and the rear plate was from outside Paris.
The car did come from France though. Which is the original plate (if either is) I don't know.
Is that one of those "American Graffiti" cars?
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