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Old 30 August 2006, 12:15 PM
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Anyone recommend any oils to use when replacing the gearbox/diff oil.

had a quick look at halfords etc, comma do some, is this cool stuff.

any specific grade to use for smoothness of gears etc ?

anyone know the maount to use in gearbox/diff ?

cheers all.........
Old 30 August 2006, 05:06 PM
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Castrol Syntrax (75w90)

IIRC about a litre for the rear & about 4 litres in the box

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Old 01 September 2006, 01:00 PM
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Bloody hell,is this castrol stuff made from gold or summut, ive tried APD,brown brothers,partco and local halfords,none have it nor can get it
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equivalent is DX 75w90 gear oil,4.5 litres,£15
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I think all gearbox/diff oil has gold in it! I paid £9 a litre for Valvolene fully synthetic, and they don't do it in 5 litre cans either which probably hikes the price.
I used about 4.1 litres in my MY00 classic, although could have got away with exactly 4 litres...
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Give this a go http://www.opieoils.co.uk/ got my gearbox oil from them, very good service, next day delivery and much cheaper than others.
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cheers STI IOW,but i found some, in the smallest place, castrol Driveline syntrax universal, £10 litre.

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