Difflock oil

[AJ Dup]

Hello all you Patrollers

What oil is the best to put in my 2005 manual 4.8l patrol. I need to replace the oil got water in this weekend.

[KOOS BEST]

AJ, look in the Registry section.
Koos

[KOOS BEST]

Sorry AJ , I mean Reference section. I think Gerrit posted there about diff oil.
Koos

[AJ Dup]

Hi Koos

Ek dink ek kyk in my ooglede vas ek kry dit nie kan ek maar net na n spareshop toe gaan en vir hulle vra. Watse maak is die beste Shell, castrol ext?

Dankie A.J.

[Abri Hoffman]

AJ, soos ek verstaan van ander forums is die beste wat jy kan koop tussen die volgende: Amsoil, Royal Purple and Moble 1. Amsoil is so skaars soos hoendertande, Royal Purple se Max Gear is beskikbaar in 'n 75W-90 en kos ongeveer R110 per liter by Autostyle. Mobil 1 kon ek nog nie 'n verskaffer opspoor nie. Soos ek verstaan het vol sintetiese olies (waarvan hierdie al drie is) tot 30% minder weerstand in "hypoid gears". As jy in ag neem die grootte van die patrol se diffs en ratkas en dat Engen 80W-90 hypoid gear oil R40 per liter kos kan mens netsowel vir die Royal Purple gaan.

Ek gaan in elk geval my diff-olies vervang met Royal Purple Max Gear wanneer die tyd aanbreek.

[AJ Dup]

Dankie Sal more kyk wat ek kan kry.

[davejones]

:help:

Guys I'm a little confused.

My patrol is sitting in the garage completely drained of gearbox, transfer case and diff oil. If i can only begin to describe how I struggled to undo the plugs... thank goodness swambo's brother is a BAIE sterk dutchman as there is no way I could have done it on my own!! Thanks Dirk!

Having done lots of reading (and having bought plent of oils this last weekend):

I have 130m for the gearbox.

I think I'm going to go for ATF for the transfer (although i did actually buy GL-4 .... luckily more 130m so I can use next gear oil replacement )

Then I bought some castrol GL-5 for the front and rear diffs. This is where I get confused. In service manual i read that there is a different oil for an LSD; as in the following post: http://www.patrol4x4.co.za/viewtopic.ph ... 2&start=10

Does my 4.2D have a LSD? I thought this was only the case with the pickup? I want to get Jongosi back on the road but dont want to be playing with the wrong oils!

Going to phone last guys who serviced it aswell... thinking of repacking front hubs and greasing axle joint while I'm at it... Jongosi is on 123,000km so if it has been done every 40,000km then it's due anyway.... Can't wait!

Groete

David

[Gerrit Loubser]

In service manual i read that there is a different oil for an LSD; as in the following post: http://www.patrol4x4.co.za/viewtopic.ph ... 2&start=10

Does my 4.2D have a LSD? I thought this was only the case with the pickup?

Dave, I am pretty sure that you don't have a rear LSD. You should have a rear diff lock? If so, you do not have a rear LSD (It is one or the other).

[davejones]

My thoughts exactly.... I have typical patrol with auto hubs on the front and manual rear diff lock on the rear.. so I bought Castrol GL-5 80w90 oil for both the front and rear diffs.

Thanks Gerrit