Does anyone know what oil goes into the hydraulic roof up/down mechanism of one of these?
Rob Graham
Rover 216 softop
Apr 23, 2010
3 Replies
found on the net: Some spec SPECIFICATIONS ROYAL LUBRICANTS ....... CASTROL ....... ESSO MIL-F-17111 . . . ...ROYCO 717. . . . . . .BRAYCO 717 . . .UNIVIS J26
Some Alternatives Conoco Super HydraulicMV 32 SAE5W20 Mobil Hydraulic Oil 13DTE 12MDTE 13MDTE 23 Shell Tellus T 32 Chevron AW HydraulicHD 32 Exxon Humble Hydraulic 1193; Univis J-26; Univis N 32 Texaco Rando HDZ 32
people say that ordinary dexron atf is ok, or hydraulic jack oil
Thanks for this Mr C. I did try on some car-specific forums but it seemed to me that the only makes that appeared were Saab, Ford and Jaguar!
Ropb
In the end I went for Valvoline ATF (the mineral version which is about
1/4 the price of the synthetic). And the hood now works! How long for we'll wait and see. Thanks again for your help.Rob
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