TD5 gear oil

What gear oil for a Td5 r380 manual box. Says MTF 94 in the hand book where do i get this? or is their any other choices? Dan

Automatic transmission fluid.

But the MTF stuff may be alleged to be better.

CharlesY

distd5co said:

What gear oil for a Td5 r380 manual box. Says MTF 94 in the hand book where do i get this? or is their any other choices? Dan

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MTF94 is the oil to use, it's properties are better matched to the needs of the 'box and it holds it's viscosity at higher temps better than ATF DexronIII.

You can get it from an LR dealer or most auto factors or:

LRseries.com

Cheers
Dave

I know this is an old post but can I use castrol syntrans 75/80 as I have 20 litres of it I need to change my oil or something my gears are getting harder to select and 2 nd is crunching if I change gear too quick

no1smytho said:

I know this is an old post but can I use castrol syntrans 75/80 as I have 20 litres of it I need to change my oil or something my gears are getting harder to select and 2 nd is crunching if I change gear too quick

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I wouldn't - very different from MTF94

Thanks for that mtf94 it is then

no1smytho said:

I know this is an old post but can I use castrol syntrans 75/80 as I have 20 litres of it I need to change my oil or something my gears are getting harder to select and 2 nd is crunching if I change gear too quick

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You can use that in your diffs and transfer box but definitely NOT in your main gearbox.

Use MTF94 or Dexron III as it's easier to get. The absolute key is regular changes of the oil.


BTW, it's nice to see someone using the search function.


Dave

Smith & Allan are often the cheapest and usually deliver within a couple of days

My local unipart have sourced me some mtf94 7.50 per ltr

Glad you're sorted

Think Smirh & Allan works out at £6.30 a litre incl. VAT and delivery

I will bear that in mind for next time thanks, as for the transfere box and diffs would you guys use the syntrans max or normal 80w90 gear oil??

Transfer box needs to be GL4 spec (GL5 causes problems with the bronze bits)

Persoanlly would be happy using the Synstrans for the diffs, but would get some EP90 GL4 for ther Transfer box

EDIT: Just found this link

http://www.castrol.com/liveassets/b.../local_assets/downloads/s/Syntrans_B13127.pdf

Your Synstran should be OK for both transfer box and diffs

Thanks for your help and advise