Trans oil - hope I ordered correctly - please verify

[Oldcarguy]

Originally Posted by kk2002s

As you mentioned you did some research on Drain (drilling hole in plate brace) and fill plug.
This may be repetition, Loosen fill plug before draining.
Did you buy a pump to get fluid out of containers?

Thanks for the reminder about the drain plug. I’m planning to tackle breaking it loose tomorrow. I did order a pump that should fit the 1 liter bottles (from Amazon of course).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BQW5LK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Geof3]

Originally Posted by Oldcarguy

Thanks for the reminder about the drain plug. I’m planning to tackle breaking it loose tomorrow. I did order a pump that should fit the 1 liter bottles (from Amazon of course).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BQW5LK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Mine broke with absolutely no issues what-so-ever. Use a new hex. Less likely to have issues.

[wmjosiah]

So just a tiny bit off-topic but not really. I just geeked out about gear oil specs etc for awhile, and I don't pretend to be even kindof an expert, but after reading some good reviews for the Liqui-Moly GL5 75w-90 synthetic stuff Pelican sells, and coming across a post on rennlist that listed these specs for various oils (copy/paste from Bill 993):

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Spec. data on each of the trans oil (from pdf data sheets via web):

Mobilube PTX (Porsche Spec.)
Viscosity at 40C, 77.2
Viscosity at 100C ,14.5
Viscosity Index, 197

Shell Helix 75W-90 (same as Porsche 999-917-546-00??)
Viscosity 40C, 81
Viscosity 100C, 14.9
Viscosity Index 194

Fuchs Titan Sintopoid 75W-90 (sold by Pelican Parts)
Viscosity at 40C, 90.5
Viscosity at 100C, 15.3
Viscosity Index 179

Mobil 1 Synthetic Gear Lubricant LS 75W-90 (retail product)
Viscosity at 40C, 99
Viscosity at 100C 15.2
Viscosity Index 142

Mobil Synthetic Delvac 75W-90
Viscosity at 40C, 120
Viscosity at 100C 15.9
Viscosity Index 140

All Viscosity in mm2/s

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I went and looked up the specs for the Liqui-Moly stuff and found:
Viscosity at 40C, 80.9
Viscosity at 100C 14.3
Viscosity Index 184

Since my car is having some small problems with slow syncros at cold temps, I think I might try the Liqui-Moly stuff. Anyone else have experience with it?

[356Guy]

Based on my research the Porsche oil is the only one that eliminates the cold shift issues. Some of the other oils aren't cheap either. Spend the big $$$ once and be done with it. As soon as spring arrives I'll pump in the Porsche stuff and know for sure. I'm running Royal Purple right now.

[wmjosiah]

Honestly I'm more curious than anything else - it's not so much the money. I might buy the Lubri-Moly and the Porsche stuff and try both, for science. I'm sure there's more to oil than these specs (friction modifiers etc - I don't know what I'm talking about), but I haven't seen enough info on the Lubri-Moly stuff on the lists I'm seeing and I wanna know, since the specs I'm looking at look pretty close to Porsche spec.

[dghii]

Originally Posted by wmjosiah

Honestly I'm more curious than anything else - it's not so much the money. I might buy the Lubri-Moly and the Porsche stuff and try both, for science. I'm sure there's more to oil than these specs (friction modifiers etc - I don't know what I'm talking about), but I haven't seen enough info on the Lubri-Moly stuff on the lists I'm seeing and I wanna know, since the specs I'm looking at look pretty close to Porsche spec.

I get it...
Did lots of research and paid the price for the Unicorn oil. Figured since I couldn't come up with convincing evidence to the contrary, I figured the best I could do was eliminate second guessing myself.

Full Disclosure: This is from a guy with a $72 Gates water pump (going on 4 years).

[Jager]

The only product I buy:
https://www.********************************************** ******.com/product/99991754600.html

Wow... this is getting blocked. after www. type in s u n c o a s t p a r t s (dot)com/product/9999175600.html
No cold shift issues like the other products.