Originally Posted by zgoo (Post 4334708)

A friend bought a low hour Eliminator with a 496ho and X drive with 50 hours, first day out he ran it at about 4,000 rpm for a short while and when he got to the dock he noticed the drive was really hot. I had some Amsoil 75-140 Severe Duty Gear Oil and we replaced the clean stock oil in the drive with the Amsoil, The next day we went on a 20 minute run at 35-4000 run and stop and the drive was hardly even warm!! He and I were pleased with the results. Also when draining the stock oil it flowed out very slow as always, but when filling the with Amsoil and it was time to replace the drain plug after pulling the fill line, the Amsoil shot out of the fill hole at a rate of five times as fast as the stock Merc oil, very slippery stuff!!

Originally Posted by sunbather1969 (Post 4338032)

I scattered my early model bravo x drive in my 03 25ol with 290 hrs and replaced it with a 2015 bravo x with the fluted cap should I run the 75-90 or the 75-140 its time to change the oil in her and I have the 75-90 in the shop. Advantages , disadvantages I would like educated opinions that was a expensive deal because when it chunked up it took out my coupler. Thank mike

Originally Posted by ThisIsLivin (Post 4339831)

On another note, George from AADS has noticed that recent batches of extreme gear are creating havoc with the cone clutch. He has had several new rebuilds go bad very quickly. He changed the oil to Merc Hi-performance and swapped the clutch and no problems. He is working with Amsoil to figure out what they changed that is causing the problem. He just rebuilt my drive and I am running the Merc oil to break it in and then I will switch to NEO.

Originally Posted by ICDEDPPL (Post 4339139)

I picked up some REDLINE heavy shockproof this time around. Film thickness greater than an SAE 75W250, yet low fluid friction like 75W90 what they claim.

Stuff looks like strawberry shortcake mix, till you smell it. Hate gear oil smell.

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Originally Posted by ThisIsLivin (Post 4339831)

As was stated earlier the 75-140 will slow you down slightly, I run the 75-110 as it was recommended by the Amsoil tech I talked to. On another note, George from AADS has noticed that recent batches of extreme gear are creating havoc with the cone clutch. He has had several new rebuilds go bad very quickly. He changed the oil to Merc Hi-performance and swapped the clutch and no problems. He is working with Amsoil to figure out what they changed that is causing the problem. He just rebuilt my drive and I am running the Merc oil to break it in and then I will switch to NEO.

Originally Posted by Knot 4 Me (Post 4341150)

No cone clutch problems running this: