mt90 is good shit, i put that in my 280z and it shifts like butter up or down at any speed.
Not as expensive as redline and you can get it locally. I live in New England and it performs well in both hot and cold climates. I've had it for 1 1/2 years now and I love it. Just hate the damn smell of the gear oil.
I will add this, I drove it for 10-15 miles already, and where as the transmission had a bit of a whine at 65 before, now it is really quiet. And it may be placebo effect, but it does feel like it goes into gear smoother than before.
When I was driving the American Passat, I switched it over to RedLine MT-90 at one point, and it was like buying a new transmission. The stuff that came out sure as hell wasn't 90W any more!
For me I used in my daily and race car, Motul or Redline, I've never had any issues or problems with the Dealer too.
I went with the redline on my QSW wagon that has second gear grind in cold weather. It made a world of difference, the transmission feels perfect now.
Redline MTL is the only lube I could notice a diff and it plain shifts better.
Why I am writing a review about this gear oil, because since I owned this car shifting into second gear on cold morning has been a little bit hard. And last week when I went to my mechanic for an oil change as usual he used full synt Motul oil 5w40 and he suggest me to use motylgear 75w90 gear oil. REVIEW... Before: when it's below 10C outside or on the morning for the first 5 or 10 minutes it's hard to shift in second gear. Most of the time I try to rev match or shift in third skipping second gear. Even after 10 minutes sometime I get a nice grind in second gear. Now: Yesterday it was about 2C in the morning and the improvement is about 60% better and only after 2 minutes it was shifting like butter. Everything seems to be a lot more smoother and safer. I don't feel like I am going to break something when I shift in second gear, to be honest I am very surprised and happy.
i mean i guess the gear oil is ok.. i had redline and liked it a little better. i think i had MT-90 tho ..
I say nay. The only time in the 6 years that I have been driving Mk1/Mk2 VWs(count 12 of them) that I have used Redline gear oil, also happens to be the only time I have blown up a transmission.
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