What gearbox oil do i need?

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What gearbox oil do i need?

Postby AndyBZtouring » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:28 am

Time to change my gearbox oil. Gearbox is 6sp, non lsd in a BZ carib, 120000km. What type should I buy? Cheers
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Postby Jebus » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:30 am

Just any good normal oil, i.e not the warehouse $5 special.

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Postby sergei » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:57 am

Castrol Multitrax,
or your gearbox done a lot of kms Castrol VMX.
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Postby Elmendorf » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:54 pm

Syntrax is great if you wanna spend a weeks wages on it:lol: otherwise yeah Multitrax or VMX as sergei says
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Postby AndyBZtouring » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:06 pm

Ok, thanks. I kinda had VMX in mind, but I wasn't sure. I've used VMX in my close kit T50 before and, it was really good. I might grab some @ repco - 20% off this weekend.
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Postby solitaire » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:24 pm

Mtl redline is the bollocks mate.. worth the extra cash in my opinion... smoothed my changes up nicely within a month...
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