RE: "Stinking Spider" (Hot Gear Oil Smell)...

[jeff clark <jcla@domain.elided>]

>  Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:04:04 -0400
>  From: "John Paradiso" <johnp@domain.elided>
>  Subject: RE: "Stinking Spider" (Hot Gear Oil Smell)...
>
>  To make it unanimous...
>
>  2 weeks ago I put in Redline 75W90 NS and immediately
>  began smelling
>  burning oil. No leaking that I can see but the smell is
>  strong and
>  immediately followed putting in the redline. My shifter
>  boots are both
>  loose, which I'm sure contributes to the problem. I was
>  hoping it was
>  some spilled oil that would burn away and that would be
>  that. Guess I'm
>  not gonna be that lucky.
>
>  John Paradiso
>  92 Spider Veloce (kinda stinky)
Just to keep this fair and balanced., I've been using RedLine gear
oils since ~1984, and have never ever, ever had stinky spider
syndrome..
Shifts purty good, too.

My opine is that there's sumpthin' else goin' on round there.

jeff

82 Spider
99 R1100S
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