[TR] Gear Oil Question

[Kentech HomeTech]

FWIW I use Mobil1 gear lube in the Toyota W58  in my TR3A. I asked the parts
guy at the Toyota dealership and he said that's all they've ever used. 

Before filling, I washed out the inside with a can of Marvel, sloshed it
around a bit and poured it out. It went in clean and came out dirty so I
assume it did the trick.

PeterK

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Danielson [mailto:75TR6 at tr6.danielsonfamily.org] 
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 6:43 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net; 6pack at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] Gear Oil Question

This is probably about as basic a question as you can ask but....I'd rather
ask and look dumb that not ask at all!

Herman recommends the following gear oils for the Toyota 5 speed: Redline
Gear Oil 75W Valvoline GL 5 80-90W, Kendall Gear Oil 75W or..... API Gear
Oil GL4 or GL5. 

Is API a type of Gear Oil or a is it a standard that various oil oils must
meet? For example, I saw Castrol Gear Oil with the API GL5 designation on
the label. It just seemed strange that he specified Redline, Valvoline and
Kendall by brand name.

Thanks

Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org 


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