[oz17ub]

RIm going away in a couple of weeks and im looking at doing a major oil service.

Just seeing if theres any recommendations of brand to use from people who actually own these cars not some dodgy advice from a 16 year old at supercheap.

[GeckoXL7]

Penrite everyday plus 10-40w or Everyday 5-40W

Or if want full synthetic which lasts a tad longer go for HPR 10-40

If doing Gear oils, dif, transfer etc etc go for the Penrite Pro gear oil, most Autobarns have a Screen which recommends which Penrite oils to use. Also Repco can look it up.

I would stay away from Catrol Magnatech or mobile one and valvoline. I find only the penrite holds up when going off road.

This is what is recomended

Engine
HPR 30

Gearbox
GEAR OIL 80W-90

Transfer and Diffs
GEAR OIL 80W-90

Radiator
4 YR LONG DRAIN AFAB

Brake

DOT 3 BRAKE FLUID

[DarkHorse]

If you have lockers fitted apparently it's worth going for a specialised limited slip diff oil for them.

Otherwise an API GL-5 SAE 80W90 gear oil is the service manual recommendation.

[bigdogdazza]

I usually use castrol vmx80 but I really don't care as my diffs, transfer and gearbox oils get changed every couple of thousand kms.

[oz17ub]

How many litres will a standard diff n gearbox take?

[atari4x4]

the internet knows that answer http://www.datateck.com.au/lube/castr_au/

[oz17ub]

Problem solved. Cheers fellas

[Scrawny]

GeckoXL7 wrote:

I would stay away from Catrol Magnatech or mobile one and valvoline. I find only the penrite holds up when going off road

Interested to hear more about this! What does Penrite hold up that the others don't?

[GeckoXL7]

Penrite uses alot more zink in their oils, also doesnt thin out as quickly as other oils, dont know the details about it, but the odd 170,000ks i have travled using all the main brands on the shelf except FUCH and Liqui Moli, penrite was the only one that didnt go water thin after a few thousand K's.

In previous cars i used Castrol Edge 5-40 which was a pretty good oil, kept the motor clean, and engine was quite revy using the stuff they now supposedly use liquid titanium, which is pretty new in engine oils.