Hey....what do you think about the Valvoline Synthetic gear oil? I acually found some at Kragen today for $5.99 a quart....and it was actually 80W-90 as the manual recommends? Good deal? How would that compare to Royal Purple?

Thanks

I think I have seen some synthetic gear oil in Kragen, too... I have been using synthetic blend, though... I change my ATF every year (maybe about 18,000 miles or so?), and every 30k miles for diff oil.. I'm sure full synthetic would be better, but I haven't seen any problem with synthetic blend, yet. :rolleyes:

I've read on other car forums that valvoline's synthetic lines are not that good, take it w/ a grain of salt though. I use mobil 1 but I have heard good things about royal purple and amsiol (sp?)

I am thinking about going with the Valvoline synthetic blend.....because it is still rated good for extreme load and heat situations.....plus it is the only thing I can find in the exact weight that is specified for the X (80W-90).

Not to mention it is about half the cost of the pure synthetics that I can't seem to find in the right viscocities. Even though I very tempted to go with the Mobile 1 synthetic eventhough it is at 75W-90....Huey has been running that viscocity with great results for 30k miles.

I don't know I am still on the fence....gonna mill on it over the weekend.

All this talks make me wanna drag my lazy big ass out and change the diff fluid and ATF, haven't done it in 50k miles :rolleyes:

Come on down.....I will be married to the bottom of the X this Saturday......join me!