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Old 23-03-2008   #27 (Post Link)
Squadrone Rosso
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Re: 147 GTA gearbox knackered

Originally Posted by mudhut View Post
That's quite worrying SR.

You being the fastidious type wouldn't have had any oil additives put in would you? I'm sure you wouldn't.
You're right mudhut. I am very much so the fastidious type

To clarify, the gearbox / diff oil was very dark grey in colour which Ned said pointed to a lot of heat. Saying that, Clare has been known to dabble Scooby's and even a GT40 from time to time

Perhaps it was to be expected, even at 20k miles? (what's the change interval for gerabox oil)

I do use ZX1 in my engines. In fact, I swear by it. The GT now gives c28mpg where it would give c24mpg before. It also revs more easily and just feels "better"

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