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AaronM AaronM is offline
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Originally posted by BigD9146gt
Aaron, so do you use the synthetic in your 914 gear box? Last time i tried to use synthetic i was forced to become a double-clutch pro. Now as re-beard said, the Swepco is more expensive, but i don't take my trans apart all the often anyways...
I have not put it into the 914 box yet (it's not due for a gear oil change). I probably wouldn't be putting it into the 914's gearbox even if I weren't selling the car because I am not having any problems aside from the "normal" 914 caveat of no speed shifting.

I switched over in the 924S because I was getting 2nd gear "lock-out" on cold mornings in the middle of winter.

I will say that if using synthetic causes your synchros to stop working effectively, then there was a pre-existing condition in the transmission that was almost certainly being masked by very, very dirty gear oil. before synthetic was put in.

Aaron
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