I don't wish to add too much to this debate (lots of good advice on this
matter already), but I am concerned that folks might think that gear oil
does not contain additives. It does, and as ex-BP lube oil production
tech, I can tell you that the cocktail of additives in modern EP (extreme
pressure) oils is quite a heady blend, so don't be tempted to use straight-
or engine-grade oils in such an application.
Now I've added my first response to the list, I'll feel a lot better about
posting more questions that I really need answered by all the good folks
with TR6's out there.
Tony Gordon
'72 TR6 CC79849U (acquired 3 weeks ago)
>Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 16:56:17 +0100
>From: Gernot Vonhoegen <gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk>
>Subject: RE: Winter Storage / Oil Change again in the Spring?
>
>> On 29 Sep 1998, Gernot Vonhoegen wrote:
>>
>> > If you (as with all oils, even your olive and sunflower kitchen oils)
>> expose
>> > oil to air the oil will oxidize and the chains will be boken up.
>>
> <Gear oil is also oil - with additives. What your are saying would
>that
>> you must change your gearbox and differential oils after winter storage
>> too? They are, for all practical purposes, as much exposed to the outside
>> atmosphere as the innards of a stationary engine. >
>>
>Didn't say this is not oil. The point is that you don't need additives in
>gear oil, as you will see when you look at axles that are sealed ( in the
>sense that there is no drain plug) for life. Additives serve no use in gear
>oil. you are using the same argument with the wrong conclusion.
>
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