My own experience: I used Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil in my 505
manual transmission. I think it killed it because the oil is
superior at penetration. It penetrated itself right out of my
transmissions and fried my synchros. I put regular oil back in and
ran it another year before I found a used tranny for replacement. I
usually run motor oil with a large amount of Lucas oil stabilizer.
the Lucas stuff helps with the noise and smoothness of shifting.
Joe
On 10 Aug 2005, at 16:33, Michael Wood wrote:
> Bob,
>
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>
> 75-90 synthetic gear oil eh? Sounds good, I like synthetic. I
> recently put
> synthetic in my CX 500 Honda motorcycle (26 years old) and it started
> shifting much smoother, very noticeable. That sold me.
>
> Is it really ok to have that fancy stuff in that old and worn, kind
> of noisy
> 5 speed manual transmission of mine? I heard from a good mechanic that
> regular 10-40 was actually the most beneficial.
>
> Any other opinions out there as well?
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> ~mikey
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> On Behalf
> Of Bob Bruce
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:08 PM
> To: libstudent44; Peugeot List
> Subject: Re: [Peugeot-L] 86 505 Turbo: Transmission oil question
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> I use 75-90 synthetic gear oil in all my cars 405s and 505s
> It shifts fine at -35F
> I have been using this for years
> I tow cars on a tow dolly with my XD2S TD last summer
> a 505 SW from St Louis home 1200 mi
> I swear by the stuff
> I use a generic brand by a local bottler Mobile 1 would be the same
> Bob
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