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Dave Plowman (News)
 
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In article ,
Grunff wrote:
From new, the gear oil should be dropped after 2K miles and replaced
with Mobil 1 fully synthetic gear oil. Replace every 2nd service, that
is approx every 2 years in most cars. After approx 25k miles add Slick
50 gearbox treatment at each g/box oil change. The transmission will
remain like new for nearly all the life of the car.


This is, of course, a *huge* pile of crap.


Yup. Mobile are the makers of a well regarded premium oil, and adding crap
like Slick 50 or whatever is likely to damage its performance rather than
improve it. If an additive such as this was needed, the maker would
already incorporate it.

And the life of a manual box depends to some extent on how it's driven -
slamming it through the gears will result in worn synchro clutches sooner
rather than later.

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