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I know nothing personally,but if it were me,I'd use 15W-40 Amsoil or the equivalent.

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4 hours ago, meadowbrook said:

Hi folks, any recommendations on the oil to use in a Borg Warner R7 overdrive? I bought mine from that guy in Venus, PA and he recommended 15w40 Amsoil. 

I would ask Tim Kingsbury or George, one of those guys will know for sure.  I know that the Fluid drives use non detergent 10w oil.  And I need to find out what a R7 uses for my transmission if I use it in one of my cars.  

Please keep me in the loop when you solve this mystery.

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I believe the guy mentioned in Venus, Pa. Is George.

One of the AoK boys- Now Tim K.. and George.

Best,

DJ

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I am using GL1 rated mineral oil., Took me a while to find it but a farm implement place had plenty. I read about issues with the bronze syncros not liking "modern oil".

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Martybose, correct on NAPA IF you are in the U.S.  My particular NAPA is the Canadian division, with a good guy behind the counter but this oil was unobtainable to my Canadian location. I showed my guy the website....there it is....there is the GL1 rated oil....he then educated me on the Canadian NAPA website verses the U.S.  Yours is better.

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Darn shame about that laynrubber, I just picked up 2 us gal @ $11.25 each  ( with Auto Club discount ) from the NAPPA  in So Cal. Even the guys behind the counter never heard of it. I had to show them in their own catalog then, I had to find it on the shelf ( that's why I bought 2).

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I've ran just about everything non-synthetic off the shelf in the 75-90w area, gl-1, 3, 4, 5, hypoid, non-hypoid, etc.. I think there's 85-90w gl-1 in it now, 50,000-60,000ish miles and only problem I ever had was losing a tooth on 2nd while trying to speed shift years ago.

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I tend to follow the manufacturer's recommended lubricants - use hypoid in the differential, not for the transmission.:)

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