DIFF AND TRANSFER CASE OIL.

TOYWGN · Post by **TOYWGN** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:40 am

heyas all just wanting to know what diif and transfer case oil i need to put in my st215w caldina auto....wanting to change it and seein if anyone has done it. chur chur

Silent Knight · Post by **Silent Knight** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:22 pm

Have you e-mailed Warwick bro?

He should have all the Toyota Recommended details there so you'll be able to find out which stuff would be the best for you to use...

WanaGo · Post by **WanaGo** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:26 pm

TOYWGN - Let me know when you find out.

What engine oil are you running? I just put Mobil 1 5W60 in mine.

Chur chur

WanaGo

MasCam · Post by **MasCam** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:10 pm

According to the owners manual for a ST246 GT4 Caldina, which as far as I am aware uses pretty much the same running gear as the Tiptronic ST215 I can report the following.

The transfer case and rear diff both use the same gear oil which is listed as "Genuine Toyota Castle Hypoid Gear Oil SX (API GL-5, SAE 90). Both use 0.9L.

The manual also specifies 5W-30 oil for the 3S-gte. I personally use Total quartz 9000 5W-30 which is availble for a very good price if you can find it.

Any other questions that may be answered by the owners manual feel free to ask although most other things are just listed as Toyota genuine xxxxxxxxx.

Chris

TOYWGN · Post by **TOYWGN** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:53 pm

cheers dude and thanks.... will have to go and find some nows

ST205 GT4 NZ New Group A · Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:08 pm

Must must must be GL5 XP if you don't want to replace the gearbox with in a month

Website · Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:37 pm

ST205 GT4 NZ New Group A wrote:Must must must be GL5 XP if you don't want to replace the gearbox with in a month

what have you got to back that up?

ST205 GT4 NZ New Group A · Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:59 pm

One stuffed GT4 ST205 NZ New Group A, gearbox and transfer sitting on the floor which the last owner put VMX oil in (GL3-4 rated).

Website · Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:12 pm

there wasnt that easy

theres no point posting a statement with no backup

but to be perfectly honest i wouldnt imagine just oil would have caused that?

bluemaumau · Post by **bluemaumau** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:42 pm

Santa'sBoostinSleigh wrote:
but to be perfectly honest i wouldnt imagine just oil would have caused that?

youd be surprised

ollieboy · Post by **ollieboy** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:15 pm

Yep, when they specify an oil, they do it for a reason, just have a look at my old civic hondamatic paddock racer, may it rest in peace

Silent Knight · Post by **Silent Knight** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:11 am

He went to Giltrap Toyota earlier in the week and they told him to use the same gearbox oil for the transfer case as apparently it's all one unit... :lol:

Horay for Morons working behind desks...

Alex B · Post by **Alex B** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:57 pm

Its all one unit for older series E boxes??

Silent Knight · Post by **Silent Knight** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:43 pm

pyro_sniper2002 wrote:Its all one unit for older series E boxes??

I actually don't know about the kind of boxes the Caldinas use or what the older types were. I just know it is not the case with the Caldina box as I've seen Jasons' (TOYWGN) engine/box etc.

He actually had to walk the Toyota guy (Parts Manager) outside to his car/pop the bonnet and show him. This is after the guy aparently looked it up in the EPC.

Alex B · Post by **Alex B** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:08 pm

Arrh ok. My old corolla had an E55 box. It had a bung on the transfer box and the gearbox but you only accualy filled the gearbox. Either that or the transfer case had no oil for 20 thousand k :lol:

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:22 pm

st215 manual doesnt have a seal between the transfer case and gearbox...

centre diff is actually in the gearbox. transfer case is just a 90deg bevel gear like a diff in reverse.

so power goes through centre diff, out side of gearbox, through the viscous type coupling into the 90deg drive and out the back.

also the transfer case has an oil drain, but i cant see a seperate fill bung

so on manuals, yeah lt looks like they take the same oil as the gearbox

sergei · Post by **sergei** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:26 pm

But with Auto gearbox it should be separate, no way you can have GL1/2 Oil in it and run that hypoid gear for very long.

Alex B · Post by **Alex B** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:30 pm

Arh auto. I'm an idiot. Someone come to Dunedin and stab me in the face.

TOYWGN · Post by **TOYWGN** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:29 pm

yus me is auto.....mr revhead could you shed some light on what i should use in the transfer case and in the diff too please....

MasCam · Post by **MasCam** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:10 pm

pyro_sniper2002 wrote:Arh auto. I'm an idiot. Someone come to Dunedin and stab me in the face.

I live in Dunedin and I just got some of these

Can I volunteer :twisted: