Gearbox Oil

Ditto for R 380 on a Defender CSW 1997/8 please, what is best ??

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On or around Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:48:37 GMT, "Hirsty's" enlightened us thusly:

I'd go with SAE80W90 or straight SAE90 in the T-box and MT75 (SAE75) synthetic in the R380. Assuming the TD5 is still using the R380 then the oils should be the same.

The official oil for the R380 is ATF, Dexron II. The 75 synthetic is better oil though, the only thing I found is that the gear change feels a touch on the heavy side on cold (as in sub-zero) mornings, but that only persists for a mile or so. If you were paranoid, you could let it idle for a few minutes in cold conditions before moving off... other than that, it seemed better. the synthetic oil is the kind they put in 'boxes that don't have oil changes...

Texaco MTF 94 is the factory fill for the gearbox (M380). 80/90 gear oil for the transfer. Alternatives are Castrol Syntrans (75W/85) for the g/box, and Syntrax 80/90 for the T/fer. These are both fully synthetic (and rather expensive!!).

The MTF94 is a 75/80 semi-synth blend developed by Texaco for L/Rover, and supercedes the recommendation of ATF.

Cheers,

Graeme Evans

Thanks guys.

Graeme