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Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - maxaret - 19-03-2016
So much choice these days LOL
I was thinking of going 75w90 for gbox oil change but wondered if there was any advantage to paying about £1.0 more and going 'fully synth' !
Be interested to see any opinions - Thanks
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - welshpug - 19-03-2016
dont want 90, 80.
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - Piggy - 19-03-2016
Total BV oil...now called "Gear 8"
Its 75w80
This is the oem stuff and nothing much else is good enough tbh.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=181856223469&alt=web
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - ConorTRG - 19-03-2016
I use total in pug boxes aswell.
Although I mainly use Fuchs in all other vag,merc etc boxes and its top notch.
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - maxaret - 20-03-2016
Thanks very much for the replies everybody and very happy to follow your advice : )
cheers max
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - maxaret - 20-03-2016
Just ordered 2 L of the total 75w80 from Nielsen via Amazon for 12.99 inc P+P - bargain LOL
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - welshpug - 20-03-2016
not really, its £8.30 from a dealer without any discounts
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - Toms306 - 20-03-2016
More like £8.30 per litre at the dealer!
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - jjwilde69 - 20-03-2016
I just put fully synthetic in mine. Prob not much different but might as well as I'll only be doing it once. It's definitely made the change to first gear easier. I put 80 90 in once thinking all gearbox oil was the same and it went stiff to get in all gears. Won't make that mistake again.
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - maxaret - 20-03-2016
Quote:not really, its £8.30 from a dealer without any discounts
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For 2 litres ? that would be a bargain LOL.
My £12.99 was for 2 litres delivered ! and my nearest dealer is 20 miles away so I tend to get things delivered where I can.
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - Toms306 - 20-03-2016
Last 2 litres of 'box oil I bought from Citroen (closer than Pug) cost £16.38 for reference.
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - powerandtorque - 21-03-2016
I bought two litres at the weekend from the local dealer... £15.01 inc VAT
Interestingly, they're still supplying the earlier Esso BV 75W80 oil rather than the replacement Total Gear8 stuff.
£13 delivered for the Total stuff is good value. As others have said, it's certainly worth getting the correct stuff as the synchros seem to be very fussy about oil used.
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - maxaret - 21-03-2016
Quote:Interestingly, they're still supplying the earlier Esso BV 75W80 oil rather than the replacement Total Gear8 stuff.
Using up old stock ?
Excellent
- I sometimes forget I have a Haynes manual for my cars - there is so much good info and knowledge on various car forums
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - fatlapit - 21-03-2016
royal purple ftw
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - JTaylor2005 - 28-03-2016
Royal purple seems to be hyped about in America a lot but doesn't seem to have taken off that well in the UK. Unless they aren't aiming for the UK market
RE: Gearbox oil - semi synth or synth ? - maxaret - 28-03-2016
My 306 seems to be ok with the total gear oil - maybe has slightly nicer change : )
As soon as I finished the job - everything even slightly tainted by the old gear oil was put into a plastic bag and taken to the dump,I did not even want the smell in our bin LOL,I put the old gear oil into the now empty total containers and took them to the waste oil tank - bloody stuff stinks - yuk !