Re: alfa-digest V7 #634

[CaptWSims@domain.elided]

In a message dated 4/13/99 11:28:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

<< I would like to hear from the collective wisdom of the digest, is worth it
 or not to change the gear oil in my 84 GTV6 with Red Line. Is it really the
 best stuff in the world or does it slowly destroy the car from the inside? >>

IMHO, after running Red Line in a '57 Giulietta, '78 Alfetta GT, '87 Verde, 
and '93 Mitsu 3000GT, when I change lube again I'll only put it in the 
3000GT.  Tried the Red Line NS (Non Slippery) in the Giulietta to help with a 
bad 2nd gear synchro.  Made things worse.  The others have been running Red 
Line MT 90 the past year (until I changed gear lube this week in Milano, and 
went to Castrol synthetic).  The Red Line MT 90 didn't change anything in 
Alfetta (shifted great before and after), helped the shift in 3000GT, and 
hurt the cold weather (well, below 40 degrees Fahrenheit...) startup shifts 
on Milano.  And Red Line is expensive.    Note that  the Giulietta really had 
BAD synchros--the Milano synchros seem perfect now that I'm back to the 
Castrol synthetic.

Bottom line for me is that the stuff is expensive, and only the 3000GT seems 
to really work well with it.  And people in the Stealth/3000GT club swear by 
it, saying that other gear lubes eat away at the copper content of the 
synchros.  Mitsubishi even put out a service bulletin on this!
										
								Bill Sims

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