Gearbox - not same question (kind of)

[red05tivo]

Hello all, long time 0 speak.

Recently purchased superlight weight redline oil as reccomended by 2 tranmission specialist i am not crunching gears but it feels like im squeezing through the cogs,synchros going into first from standstill its a tad tight.. into gears but totally no cruches or sounds.

any advice.

Thanks,

[Kenshin X]

what is the weight on the oil? i am worried about this "super light weight" oil

[red05tivo]

alot of people on the forum also use it its superlight weight shockproof redline oil 90/140w

[Pro86]

Use Redline MT-90 mate, shockproof would end up making it worse

[red05tivo]

mt-90? or MTL.. and you reckon shockproof would make it worse? honestly.. will changing it to mt90 or mtl make that much difference

[Kenshin X]

if u track, castrol 75w90. if not 75W85 will suffice

[Pro86]

MT-90 is the one for the cars with 2ZZ which recommend for celica, lotus and the sportivo.

[red05tivo]

mark im seriously about to kill myself here i spent 150 on superlight weight cause some idiot reccomended it now my 1st is a nightmare and all other gears are well normal as so far should i buy mt-90 reckon you or the boys could fit it for me this week?

[Pro86]

yeah no probs man, just let me know when u coming and i have the hoist ready for u.. so whats really wrong with ur 1st? could be the bushing is worn out?

and the oil should cost 90 bucks max..

Edited December 12, 2011 by mark2zz

[red05tivo]

what is the shop name and can we make it this friday? and you reckon mt90? and its just going into first.. from standstill is super notchy.. and it wasn't like that before i put the **** ****.. oil in.. and also at 7-8k rpm it doesnt crunch at all but is abit notchy reckon the mt90 will fix it

[Pro86]

U know where my workshop is at.. just check on my FB page

[red05tivo]

can i come in on friday mark and any idea on price and what do you reckon is the 1st problem just the oil?

[eviltwin]

I was told by a few guys not to use the redline range of gearbox oils in my car so i opted for Nulon smooth shift which has been fine , also was nowhere near as dear as the redline stuff...

[SuperDave]

For future reference if anyone searches about the oil.

Shockproof is good oil, just don't use it in a gearbox with synchronisers, ie, anything other than a race box.

Plenty of boxes have been stuffed because of it, and I don't care what the Redline PR machine says. Reality > marketing.

The M90 etc is probably fine, but never used it, I use Motul.

[Lukusis]

Nulon smooth sorted out my crunchy box in the AE92.

Id have some more input, but the punctuation is killing my face.

Ragequit/

[red05tivo]

Thanks Dave and Boys for the heads up,

Do you reccomend MT-90? and what about a Nulon addative i have heard its a gimmick? any say on that.

Thanks,

[eviltwin]

Used the Nulon G70 additive in a couple of sportivo 6 speed boxes and two C52 Toyota 5 Speeds and been happy with the results considering the cost of a tube.

[123R-Prozak]

90/140? Lol

[daniboy]

as some people on the forum already know i work with gearboxes all day long,so i have had the oppurtunity to trial a lot of different oils in my 6 speed 2zz gearbox, i would recommend either castrol vmx80 or the best oil i have found for both shift and protection is penrite "semi syn manual trans" <thats what is written on the bottle. but if it has had the shockproof oil in it i would go for the castrol vmx80 as it will wash the synchros out better than any other oil and get your shift back up to where it was before. basically the shockproof oil gunks up the synchro so it doesnt slow the gear down as well as it should......

[xoom]

ive been running royal purple in the engine and in the box since i built my engine and havent had any issues ..... yes its a little more $'s but i think its worth it

[daniboy]

Just realised I made a mistake in my previous post, it's supposed to be "sin manual trans 75w-85"