Recent content by Tek

Congratulations, you've found 2001 or early 2002 PRE-GC 0w30.... As I knew all along, there's no information about any "new" made in USA 0w30, only misinformation *sigh*.

tick, tock, tick..... and now we all patiently wait for 007008 to report back. I still don't believe that there is any "new" made in USA 0w30, but a picture is worth a thousand words.

Well, I for one refuse to believe there's any "new" US formula 0w30 until I actually see some pics. Sure we can all speculate why/if Castrol decided to start brewing it stateside, but I won't believe it until I've seen it with my own peepers.

Supposedly there are two types of G52, and I think the one that came from my transmission is this one (as described in an email from VW): "G52: Manual gearbox oil SAE 75W based on a conventional hydrocarbons. Oil for filled-for-life application in manual gearboxes and final drives with spur...

After reading the other UOA on this tranny's factory fill, I decided to replace mine with some Redline MT-90. Gears were getting a little hard to get into, now after putting a few miles on the Redline it shifts much easier. I can now downshift to 1st at 30mph (not that I ever do, hehe). The...

In the spirit of FD777's CA hitlist, I thought I'd list all the AZ's I've visited in the past few weeks. These are all Central Florida, but as I will be traveling around the state some this summer I'm sure there will be others to add to the list . First, the good news: EVERY single one of...

Yeah, after visiting 21 different Auto Zones in the greater Orlando area over the past 3 weeks, I'm fairly certain there isn't any green left to be found . I've got enough green stashed to last me quite a while now, but the good news is every single store I visited had M05 or M06 Gold GC.

The AZ store on Aloma is only about two months old, therefore they have nothing but M06 GC Gold in stock