what's in there is thicker than gear oil, which is probably why your experiment didn't work (i thought about they same thing until i tried to pour some on my finger--it takes forever to pour and nearly feels like grease--it's supposed to have a high viscosity number)
i wondered about the evaporation, but regular oil doesn't evap out of a diff or engine and besides, since seals in good shape (not leaking), not sure how it could evap.....on the other hand, i'm not convinced there's enough oil in it....if mike or someone else that has put oil in theirs doesn't answer in a few days about why they added (leak or problem like mine), maybe i'll break down and buy some of the factory stuff and see what happens.....it's less than $10
thanx for the reply
