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The silver color you're seeing is from millions of very tiny metal particles in the oil. This is NOT normal, and 99/100 times it indicates serious trouble. You may be looking at replacing or overhauling whatever component the gear oil came out of because its severely internally worn out. You should, however, be able to buy yourself some time by keeping fresh high quality oil in there. Dont buy the cheap dollar store crap, buy name brand, it will hold up better. Change that oil and its filter (if it has one) frequently and drive it easy, but be aware that you probably dont have long.

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