I find it awkward that this debate continues, ad nauseam. I own 3
cars, manufactured by 3 separate manufacturers, all of which have the
same gear box supplier - Moss/Meadows/Jaguar.
The owner's manuals of each call for different weights of oils, yet all
3 gearboxes are the same. OD, non OD, it makes no difference. The fact
of the matter is that a thicker/heavier weight oil hurts nothing other
than efficiency of the box, warmup, and 10ths of a MPG down the road,
and as we have found with the Redline products, some (a lot) of leaking.
Anything short of 30wt would be a mistake, if you use redline, have your
Kitty Litter in hand, and if heavier weights, 75-90 are available, why
not. Cheap insurance.
I use the 90wt stuff in everything, and to date, have had no lubricant
related issues. If I used 30 Wt, I could likely report the same, and
If I used the redline stuff, I would likely report no issues either,
with the exception of a larger than normal stain on the garage floor.
Jonas Payne
PBR
Cell: (702) 358-5084
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Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 7:56 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] smitty 5 speed - type of oil
Richard
I'm not an expert either on Toyota gearboxes but the Toyota Supra forum
has several related posts on the W58 Supra box and the recommendation
seems to be consistantly 75-90 wt gear oil. The list of oils that I
included in the original reply to Ira came from the forum. I agree that
the best option is for folks that have questions on the manufacturers
recommendation on lubricants to ask the dealer. I suspect I should have
limited my response to the capacity question.
Aloha
Perry
From: richard mayor
Whooooa, I'm not an expert here, but -- I think Perry is suggesting you
use the kind of oil you put into a differential. .
Ira
Assume you are asking about the Toyota "W" trans. Volume is 2.5 quarts
From: I Erbs
Can I please get the capacity for a Toyota SR 5 and I assume it uses
90wt il, but is it non-detergent or not?
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