Recent content by HMan

If something says it is good for limited slip differentials, do not put it in. I made that mistake with some 75W90 GL5/MT-1 oil and it made my syncros near useless. MTG made my syncros work okayish, but there is occasionally a grind going into 3rd.

Originally Posted By: stchman Originally Posted By: Jetronic Originally Posted By: shadow7 Originally Posted By: LotI I do it for efficiency pretty much everywhere I go. It's about fuel economy. Bonus points for pointing the nose downhill..."potential parking" I am curious what does backing...

Originally Posted By: HangFire Originally Posted By: HMan What differentiates the HM from the EP? Will I need to use nothing but a HM oil after I start using it? The engine has lower mileage than the frame does (If I go with seller claimed mileage, the engine has 90k on it since last rebuild...

Originally Posted By: razel I love that you love your new machine. Your joy of a new computer is missing these days. Actually I think only the older generation still loves new doo-hickey computers. Younger people just criticize new gadgets too much and expect them to wax their cars or frankly...

Originally Posted By: 4wheeldog Originally Posted By: HMan Originally Posted By: 4wheeldog If this is the first OCI for you, and since you really don't know what has been used in it up until now, I would change it at 5k. Subsequent to that change, you could easily go 7.5k, or evern 10k. That is...

Originally Posted By: 4wheeldog If this is the first OCI for you, and since you really don't know what has been used in it up until now, I would change it at 5k. Subsequent to that change, you could easily go 7.5k, or evern 10k. That is not what I would do, but it would probably work. If it...

Originally Posted By: BikeWhisperer 1/8 quart every 1k miles...heck there are dozens of new cars that consume more than that. Consider M1 High Mileage to help with the seals, otherwise you're good. How far do you thing I can run this oil out? I'll be doing about 400 miles a week by the end of...

I'm running Mobil 1 EP 10W-30 with the Mobil 1 EP filter on my 1994 Corolla with 4A-FE (1.6L) I'm not sure exactly how many miles the engine has, the body has 269000 miles but the engine is out of a 1995 and the spark plugs look extremely good, no evidence of being an oil burner. I've ran 4500...

Nope. Works fine now that I have MTG in it. I can barely remember the grinding, as such I'm amending my repair manuals to mention that the oil matters.

Holy sweet tap dancing Jesus, this stuff is good. I can already downshift into fourth with ease on the highway, and I can coast twice as far as I could with Valvoline in the box.

12346190 gear oil or transmission oil or transmission fluid replaced gm part # 12346074 Both of these can replace a GL-4 75W90 synthetic, and the Amsoil MTG is a close equivalent (read: better.) I bought the MTG, I'm just posting this so that anyone searching Google for a oil for a Toyota...

If I have to buy a cheap oil, what would be recommended?

It is the oil. Before I changed the oil the box would shift like a dream, it would shift perfectly, I even had a few friends comment about how smooth the box would shift.

I have almost bought the Pennzoil synchromesh fluid twice in the past 2 days, but I'm taking the wait and see approach because I'm worried about the oil being too thin. Is there any evidence that it is safe to use the thinner fluid?

I am running Valvoline full synthetic 75W-90 Gl-5/MT1 gear oil in my 1994 Geo Prizm/Toyota Corolla with a 5 speed manual transmission and 1.6l engine. The gearbox shifts horribly with this oil, the only time it shifted even remotely smoothly was when I was near the top of a long grade on the...