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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Terry T on March 29, 2012, 07:47:36 AM

Title: OVERDRIVE LUBRICANTS
Post by: Terry T on March 29, 2012, 07:47:36 AM

The Borg-Warner overdrive manual  states that the best oil is SAE 40 in the ovedrive unit.
The KF manual states to use 90.
Any tales to tell?

Title: Re: OVERDRIVE LUBRICANTS
Post by: Fid on March 29, 2012, 09:12:15 AM

I can't imagine 40 weight oil would do the job... maybe, I never tried it. I always used, and always found, 90 weight gear oil in the transmissions. The 90 weight lube has a distinct odor. You smell it when you open the case and every OD / trans I ever opened wreaked like gear oil!  That's all I've ever used and it's always worked fine.  Take that for what it's worth.

Title: Re: OVERDRIVE LUBRICANTS
Post by: pnw_oldmags on March 29, 2012, 09:26:58 AM

Gear Oil does have a distinctive odor ... a bad one.  Spilled some in the trunk once.  Smelled for years
Service Standards say 80 ... 90 in high temps.
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