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Gear oil for c160 /lsd

Postby smz » Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:58 pm

What gear oil to use for the c160 w/lsd ?

I heard that people are putting are putting engine oil with an lsd additive,
What is the best to use ?

Thanks.
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Postby jacobrjett » Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:20 pm

when i was looking into this, i read that castrol syntrax 75w90 is highly recommended by a lot of people,

however i could never find some and couldnt be arsed ordering it online so i just bought some of this

http://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/online-store/products/Nulon-Smooth-Shift-Gear-Oil-75W-90-4-Litreitre.aspx?pid=164769&menuFrom=60202#Cross

worked well. i had a few comments on how nice my box was and it was 240,000 kms old.
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Postby smz » Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:41 pm

jacobrjett wrote:when i was looking into this, i read that castrol syntrax 75w90 is highly recommended by a lot of people,

however i could never find some and couldnt be arsed ordering it online so i just bought some of this

http://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/online-store/products/Nulon-Smooth-Shift-Gear-Oil-75W-90-4-Litreitre.aspx?pid=164769&menuFrom=60202#Cross

worked well. i had a few comments on how nice my box was and it was 240,000 kms old.


Sweet, that sounds good I will grab that - thanks.
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Postby Dell'Orto » Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:39 pm

jacobrjett wrote:worked well. i had a few comments on how nice my box was


We all enjoy a nice box 8)
IIRC, they're a viscous LSD stock aren't they? So no requirement for additive.
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Postby sergei » Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:24 pm

I used Castrol Syntrax in my C160 (and it is still running with it, although my sister drives it now).

Dell'Orto wrote:
jacobrjett wrote:worked well. i had a few comments on how nice my box was


We all enjoy a nice box 8)
IIRC, they're a viscous LSD stock aren't they? So no requirement for additive.


It has Torsen LSD, so no additive needed (but I think it has to be GL5 oil).
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Postby Mr Revhead » Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:12 pm

Boxes, sisters.... Needs more pics.


But yeah as mentioned lsd oil not needed
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