Re: What gear oil for 1008?

From: Chance Wolf (bigbadwolf@telus.net)
Date: Thu Jun 29 2006 - 08:41:41 PDT


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From: "Stu" <
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Subject: [MV] What gear oil for 1008?

> Which gear oil for differentials? 90wt?

90wt, make sure it's compatible with "limited slip" gearsets. It's usually
labelled fairly prominently. Some people like the synthetic stuff, but
personally I find it just pisses out the seals fairly efficiently and you
wind up leaving an oily trail down the road much like a Ferret. :)

("It's British. If it doesn't leak oil -- it's out of oil.")



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