Thread: Warning New Puma Owners

Originally Posted by Turtle130

I know it's been covered here before, but it appears LR still don't know how to fill oil. On picking up my brand new MY15 130 and driving it home, it got the better of me to grab the spanners and check the levels. Surprise surprise, 500ml needed in transfer, 300ml in front diff and rear diff was OK. Yet to do the gearbox, but I won't be surprised if it's short as well!

Thanks Turtle
I just finishing topping up both diffs in my MY13 PUMA defender.
yes 500ml goes in front diff and 300ml goes in the rear.
I also found ALL the bolts on front diff carrier are LOOSE, some of which can be easily turned by hand. so I torqued them properly to 41NM.

will check gearbox and transfer box tomorrow.

btw Turtle, the OEM oils are not easy to get hold of.
could you tell me which one you are using for the transfer and gearbox?

Thanks
Martin

Martin, I try to use Penrite oil wherever I can (blind patriotism maybe) but it has stood every test I've ever thrown at it. Penrite pro gear 75-90 in the transfer, good old 80W-90 in the diffs. Gearbox I still have not checked (time poor) and this one will be the hardest choice. LR BOT382 is, quite frankly, stupidly expensive. If it does need oil, I will certainly give the pro gear a burl and see what the shift quality is like.

That said, each to their own as far as oil choices go because opinions are many and varied on this sudject....

Same here, Penrite since basically new.

Don't be tempted to run anything but BOT328 in the main gearbag. It can be bought at a reasonable price from aftermarket suppliers like ROVACRAFT, (happy now Stu??? :P)or BMI etc.
In any case, if at 60,000km intervals you baulk at paying around $150 for a trans oil change then maybe look at the bigger picture. Oil is comparatively cheaper than trans issues. This gearbox had a history of shift issues and poor performance when first intruduced in Mustang etc, the oil was specially developed by Castrol for Ford/ getrag. Just use the correct oil and it won't bite you. Just be thankful you don't have a 6HP26 in a D3/4. They take 3 times as much oil and at a similar $/ litre, too.

Penrite products are what we use here, too.

JC

Thanks Guys.

so I guess it will be generally okay to mix different brands?

Originally Posted by justinc

Just use the correct oil and it won't bite you. Just be thankful you don't have a 6HP26 in a D3/4. They take 3 times as much oil and at a similar $/ litre, too.

Penrite products are what we use here, too.

JC

Arent I lucky We have both

Originally Posted by Tombie

Arent I lucky We have both

Yeah, but the little 90 will be a fair while off needing a trans oil change

And the D4....well you can do that yourself, anyway, when you install a new 2 post hoist in your shed....

JC

JC,when do you do tranny oil in the defender,40K intervals?. Pat