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diff oil capacity
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 4:49 pm
by alki
does anyone know how much oil do diffs take on GU (3.0 lt)?
and which oil would be best for air lockers?
ARB recomends Shell and Mobil 90
What about Caltex or Valvoline?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 5:03 pm
by ozy1
ARB told me to use same ratings across all brands of oils,
SHawn
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 6:37 am
by Wendle
the volumes should be in your owners manual, they are for GQ's anyways.. look for weights and capacities at the back..
front will be 5.4 litres from memory.
unsure on the rear as you probably have the H260...
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 6:55 pm
by alki
I checked my "owners manual" and it's blank space where it's suppose to show diff oil volume
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 7:30 pm
by bazzle
Buy 20 litres of 90 EP gl5 and fill until it dribbles out the filler hole. Use the rest for your front diff.
Enough for a couple of changes
Bazzle
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 8:25 pm
by alki
It's half way done now.
Droped rear diff oil and about 2 ltr came out,2 ltr went in and it started comming out of top plug.-done
Front diff seem to hold more as around 3 and half ltr came out.
Filled with remaining 2 ltr and it wasn't full( I bought 4 ltr only)
Have to buy some more tommorow and top up front diff.
It's kind of strange as I thought that rear diff would be bigger and hold more oil
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:48 am
by Gabriel
In the rear, the oil is ONLY in the diff housing.
In the front axle, the oil is IN the diff housing + the entire axle, up to the knuckle hubs...
Rear: about 2 (1.8 litres)
Front: 5.5 (or about) litres
Regards, Gabriel
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 6:40 am
by Wendle
yep, the front oil level has to be higher to keep the pinion bearings lubed...
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:34 pm
by rOd
Ive got an 88 SWB GQ, I wonder if its got a rear LSD?
The reason I ask is because I replaced the oil in the rear diff last month and according to the Hanes manual its ment to take I think about 4.7litres, but the funny thing is I only got about 3.5 litres into it !?
And I read on one of the older postings that all the GQs came standard with a rear LSD.
Rod
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 1:22 am
by Gabriel
Not all GQ come standard with LSD in the rear...my TD42 came with open diff..not a locker, as in the RD28T, unfortunatelly...;-(((