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23rd August 2012, 18:52
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L-plater
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Leigh, Lancashire
Posts: 56
Car(s): 16v'ed 03 VTR
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Motor oil in gearbox?
i have some 10w/40 engine oil and was wondering what would it do if i put it in my gearbox
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23rd August 2012, 19:03
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Established Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Torbay
Posts: 1,285
Car(s): Mauritius Vts, 206 Gti 180
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It would not do much good is what it would do.
Go and get some Total 75w80 from Citroen, £10 for the 2 litres needed last time i went.
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23rd August 2012, 19:13
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Established Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: south essex!!
Posts: 2,442
Car(s): posi blue vtrs race car
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It will wreck the box!
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23rd August 2012, 20:44
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Established Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 2,369
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chrome233
i have some 10w/40 engine oil and was wondering what would it do if i put it in my gearbox
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There's a clue.
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24th August 2012, 00:46
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Saxperience Addict
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: west london
Posts: 13,810
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why not just use proper oil?
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24th August 2012, 00:55
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Saxperience Post Whore
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 9,100
Car(s): Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182
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Just to throw a spanner in the works here.
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=404256
Personally I wouldn't do it though, get some decent 75w80 in there as to specs
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24th August 2012, 02:33
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Infrequent Poster
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 129
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Lost of brands have lost of diff ideas and spec. For the sake of a few quid why not just change it to the right stuff. Safer
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24th August 2012, 02:43
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Saxperience Hardcore!
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Coventry
Posts: 17,782
Car(s): Fiesta ST150
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funny suggestion.....but a shit one at that lol, gearbox oil is pretty cheap tbh, i'd rather pay £10 than whatever it may cost for the repairs/cost of a new box!!
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1st September 2016, 08:35
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Newbie
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Helsinki / Finland
Posts: 19
Car(s): A lots of, e.g. Saxo 1.6 VTS
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I've used and suggested to use expensive redline gear oil in rallycar gearbox. Though have used also standard api4 75-90. If it is standard use, probably it would work some time without much issues, but it is still wrong oil.
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1st September 2016, 10:08
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Regular Poster
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Sunny Worksop
Posts: 441
Car(s): 1989 MK1 MR2 with V6 3.0L Camry engine
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Have you ever smelt gearbox oil & compared the smell with engine oil?
There are many additives to gearbox oil that makes it more sticky not just how thick it is, it gets thrown around all the gears & is designed to stay there rather than just dropping off like engine oil would.
But here is also a logic that some oil of the wrong specification is better than no oil at all, so if at 2am in the morning, I had lost all my gearbox oil, I'm 20 miles from home & the only oil I have available is 20/50 engine oil, I'd put it in to get home, then drain & refill with correct stuff later.
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1st September 2016, 10:20
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Regular Poster
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 269
Car(s): 106 Rallye
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Mini's share the engine oil with the gearbox. Personally I'd like to keep my 20CB90 box in decent shape so I run Millers CRX NT 75w90.
Last edited by Synister; 1st September 2016 at 10:22.
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