DeTomaso Mailing List: April 2000, Message #281

I checked with ZF Norway last summer.
They told me only to use oil with GL4 specification, and said it was important not to use oil with GL5 specifications.
I use Castrol Syntrans GL4 on mine.

J.C.Olsen
83GT5

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tomas Gunnarsson <Tomas.Gunnarsson@eu.pnu.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <detomaso@realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: ZF "Fluid" - Re: Here's a good one


>      Scruff,
>      
>      If I remember correctly you're supposed to use an oil WITHOUT the posi 
>      additive in the ZF. That additive makes the synchros work less 
>      effective. I am personally more worried about how the synchros work 
>      than how the diff works!
>      
>      Tomas
> 
> 
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: ZF "Fluid" - Re: Here's a good one
> Author:  RuffScruff@aol.com at Internet-europe
> Date:    2000-04-10 09:35
> 
> 
> I use Castrol too because they make one that already has the posi additive in 
> it, i.e. you don't have to add any additive when you change your fluid. It's 
> called Castrol Hypoy C, 80-90. It says right on the front - "for limited slip 
> differentials." scruff
>      
> 
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