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Gear (Differential) Oil - Wal-Mart brand, 100% Synthetic, 75W-140 900

posted by  spook on  Thu Aug 18 02:46 CST 2005
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Dear Fellow Brickboarders,

May this find you well. Is the above-mentioned WAL-MART product safe to use? If not, what specific problems did it cause or make worse?

Thanks very much for your help. I appreciate it.

Yours faithfully,

spook








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posted by  tvpierce on  Thu Aug 18 09:07 CST 2005
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While I have no experience with said product, I feel that using an off brand oil such as this offers minimal financial benefit. Reason being that your differantial only takes a little over one quart, and you only change it every 30K - 60K miles. Your savings/mile figure would be rediculously low. Not worth the risk, in my humble opinion.

I'll stick with Mobil-1 in my diff.

Just my 2 cents... arguably worth that!

Jeff Pierce
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'93 945 Turbo ( one kickass family car ! ) 197K miles, '92 Mercedes 190E (my daily driver) 170K miles, '85 Jeep CJ-7 w/ Fisher plow 225K miles, ’95 Lawn Chief








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posted by  Sumerduckman on  Thu Aug 18 08:34 CST 2005
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Hello Spook; Check out this thread at bobistheoilguy.com http://theoildrop.server101.com/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=11;t=000317
Looks like this stuff does not meet spec, and the additive pack is very weak.
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Gary Gilliam Sumerduck VA, '94 940 na Regina 160k '86 240 190k








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posted by  someone claiming to be tjts1 on  Thu Aug 18 08:02 CST 2005 [RELATED]

Maybe a little thick for our application unless you do a lot of towing. I'm it will work just fine. How much does it cost over there?








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posted by  mgarageu on  Thu Aug 18 07:12 CST 2005
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have used oil with same viscosity in old rear axle of Volvo 240...
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posted by  Kane on  Thu Aug 18 03:15 CST 2005
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Don't think it'll cause any harm, though I've bought Mobil 1 from parts stores for around the same or even less.

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posted by  someone claiming to be johnwr on  Thu Aug 18 03:04 CST 2005 [RELATED]

no safety issues here







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