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Oil for lt230

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Oil for lt230

Post by 94lux »

Hey guys I run maxidrive reduction gears in my lt230 and was looking to see what other people think is the best oil for the case? It owes me a lot of money so I wanna take care of it. Cheers
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Re: Oil for lt230

Post by V.W.Dave »

Google Hi tech oil or Fuchs oil and look at the catalog for a 1998 landrover Defender or Disco look what they say put in the transfer.

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80/90 is what they say but I have been running a good quality 75/90 for a few years now. If you want a little extra protection I would get a bottle of the Lucas oil stablizer and put about 100m in wit hthe oil.
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Re: Oil for lt230

Post by GRIMACE »

I just switched from regular 80w/90 to Penrite Full synthetic 75w-90.

I also have 49% reduction gears.

Never have I drained my transfer oil to it looking this good;
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Re: Oil for lt230

Post by 94lux »

Cheers boys!
Old and rolled: 94 lux, 37's, air lockers f/r, high steer, ruf, ifs rears, widetracked, longs, duals
New: 90 4runner 80 series diffs, air lockers f/r, LS1, reduction gears, 35's, engineered
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Post by discothrasher »

For boxes with reduction gears in castrol EXP 90 Is the only way to go please what ever you do dont use what the stand ard boxes use
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Re: Oil for lt230

Post by 94lux »

No worries thanks for the heads up!
Old and rolled: 94 lux, 37's, air lockers f/r, high steer, ruf, ifs rears, widetracked, longs, duals
New: 90 4runner 80 series diffs, air lockers f/r, LS1, reduction gears, 35's, engineered
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