Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:30:14 GMT From: John B <rotten_NOSPAM_nospam.org> Subject: Re: drain 1993 5-spd
On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 10:15:29 -0400, Malt_Hound wrote: > > I guess that gear oil in there will just last forever then? Or you can > replace it when you take the gearbox apart to replace all the bearings > and gears? I guess that would work... ;-) > The Bentley manual does give the impression that the gear oil will last forever (not that I believe that). In my case, I had some work done on the drive axle which required opening the diff case for the first time since the car was new (1992). It was refilled with synthetic gearbox oil. I figure if the original mineral oil was fine for > 10 years, the synthetic oil should last at least that long. John