Originally posted by todras:


In lighter load situations, an over-aggressive lubricant can shorten equipment life through corrosive attack without providing any useful benefit.




I read that to mean that the high-EP gear oils (GL-5) are not a good idea for the MTX-75, a point that's already been made, and yet, says nothing about MTL since it is not of this variety. The "corrosive attack" is obviously a result of the chemical additives in a GL-5 that can be corrosive to the brass/bronze alloys typical in a synchronized manual transmission.

I'm with Warmonger.

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