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anyone have any idea the viscosity of ac-delco 21018899 gl-4? see here: AC Delco 21018899

copied directly from my owners manual: MANUAL TRANSAXLE (oil capacity L) 5s-fe engine 2.2L 1MZ-FE engine 4.2L Oil type: Gear oil API GL-4 or GL-5 recommended viscosity: SAE 75W90. Very specific wording by toyota, I think this trans might share its lube with the diff, making me wonder if the...

wait a second...just realized I looked up the wrong part number for Pennzoil 75w90. Anyone have any idea what pennzoil synthetic 75w90 gl-4 p/n 56076 sells for at napa in Canada? Their closed tomorrow so ill stop by Monday, but i have a feeling ill just be hit with the same ~$30/bottle shell...

yes i agree he is a bit vague. The most affordable MTF is GM synchromesh...Toyota recommends 75w90 (or 80w I forget) GL-4 or GL-5, which is odd, because every other car manufacturer I have looked up emphasizes gl-4 only. I cant help but feel toyota is lacking in their own specs, because we all...

Well, Im back to square 1. I gave the dealers a call, Ford motocraft was $33/bottle. Mopar was $27 bottle, Honda only has their MTF which is quite thin, GM has a real cluster of different P/N's that superceed each other but ultimately they have syncrhomesh friction modified or non modified...

actually i need to change an axle, and once I pull it out I will loose most of the oil. I went on aamsoil website and did the vehicle lookup, and it too lists gl5 gear oils as being recommended for the transmission. my guess is aamsoil is just basing that info off of toyota's spec. What I want...

thanks for the reply, the car in question is an 01 toyota solara v6 with a 5 speed gearbox. In the cars owners manual under transaxle fluid it says "API GL4 or GL5, 75w90 4.2L" and that's it. So it really makes me wonder what toyota used as a factory fill on this car. there arent any close...

well, i did a lot of searching and came up empty. Dealers all have their own gl4 manual tranny oil, ford is $26.50+ tax per bottle, GM is about $22. There is also synchromesh, which i would think is too thin for a 75w90 replacement. redline and amsoil arent easily available around here. Here is...

actually i need to make sure of that as well...my research says that a 5speed box in a v6 solara uses about 4.5L, but I cannot confirm this 100%. Solara is just a 2 door camry.

5 liters would be at least $80 shipping/duties alone . I know from research on here that gl-5 oil seem like a bad idea, but when I open the toyota manual and it recommends gl-5 I am left confused. ALL oil is gl-5 in the parts stores, some say gl4 and gl5 but..who knows? NAPA has a full synthetic...

the manual clearly states use either a gl4 or gl5 80w90. But back in my VW days i know there's a lot of controversy and downright confusion when it comes to gl4 vs gl5(some vw's would grind with gl5). In canada, gl4 is basically nonexistent. You can go to the dealer and get the correct P/N and...

I added some to my 99 VW golf 2.0L. this was 'molyslip' found here in canada, technically similar to other common mos2 products (0.5 micron particle size) I was being very careful not to get caught up in placebo effect. I can now say that this stuff REALLY smoothed out my valve-train noise...

yep, marketing company. Kind of like BOSE in the home electronics world, many people think its a good company because of all the commercials and magazine advertisements...but any true review gives them a failing grade

0.5 microns is the size of a cold germ

tech sheet says 0.5 micron average particle size