So my car is jacked up outside and I'm sitting in here waiting for the gear oil to drain out of the funnel and into the differential. I started the first quart about a hour ago...and it's MAYBE 3/4 in. Anyone else had this experience with the redline gear oil taking FOREVER to go into the diff??

oh..I'm using a funnel and tube system and filling from the right rear wheel well as I couldn't figure out a better way to do this.

 

1- Buy a Sta-Lube hand pump from Harbor Freight for $8.00;
2- Buy a 1 gallon bottle of windshield washer fluid for < $2.00;
3- Remove washer fluid, wash inside of bottle thoroughly, let dry, and fill it w/ diff oil;
4- Install Sta-Lube hand pump on washer fluid bottle;
5- Start pumping.

Also, in this weather, you may want to safely microwave (or heat up) the diff oil for a few seconds to warm it up (it'll flow easier warm than cold).

Also, Redline has an even thicker diff oil. It's pink and flows like Pepto even in warm weather. A buddy of mine put that in his Porsche 993.

Michael.

 

Thanks for the tip..wish I'd found out about this sooner

The diff is finally filled and I almost froze my a$$ off waiting for it. I'll have to order this for next time.

 

how does she drive now?

 

1- Buy a Sta-Lube hand pump from Harbor Freight for $8.00;
2- Buy a 1 gallon bottle of windshield washer fluid for < $2.00;
3- Remove washer fluid, wash inside of bottle thoroughly, let dry, and fill it w/ diff oil;
4- Install Sta-Lube hand pump on washer fluid bottle;
5- Start pumping.


Thanks for the heads up I will try that out this weekend. I was curious how much a pain that would have been.

 

feels no different than before...just have the peice of mind that I have a really good synthetic gear lube in there that will hold up to my abuse.

 

curious, i was recommended to use MT-90 in my diff...have i mistakened?!?!? i was going to buy the 75/90 gear oil instead, but so many ppl said to use MT-90....im worried

 

Do not use MT-90 in the diff...you need a gear oil with limited slip additive. I would highly recommend the Redline Heavy shockproof gear oil that I used...

 

i have a base so i do not have a lsd, should i still swap out the oil? how serious is having MT-90 instead of 75w/90 hear oil in the diff? because getting the oil in there is such a pain in the ***.

 

Didn't even notice that you have a base model.

I couldn't make that call. I'd contact redline and see what they think. They are very helpful with questions such as yours.

 

MT-90 is supposed to be thick and it's the reason why it helps with smooth syncro action...the syncros actually need a bit of friction to work and gar oil that is too slippery impedes this. The other benefit of the MT-90 (and most synthetics) is that they perform much better in colder weather and prevent excessive notchiness.

 

so jrotaryb, mt-90 is ok in the diff??