Thread: Transfer case oil options.

Just use the LR oil,then you have nothing to worry about.

Not a massive cost difference for peace of mind.

Just my 2 cents worth

True but surely there is a more common alternative.

No there isn’t. Just use LR coming from the guy who always looks for alternatives. It’s 1.5l. Save the other 0.5l for the next change.
That’s what I’ve done. Reduces the cost a smidge.
Given the change frequency it’s not THAT bad

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

No there isn’t. Just use LR coming from the guy who always looks for alternatives. It’s 1.5l. Save the other 0.5l for the next change.
That’s what I’ve done. Reduces the cost a smidge.
Given the change frequency it’s not THAT bad

cost of a transfer case rebuild vs $45 mmmmmmmm

Originally Posted by PeterOZ

cost of a transfer case rebuild vs $45 mmmmmmmm

?
I don’t get you.

My point being you buy two litres from LR. You use 1.5L in the change. You put aside the remaining 0.5L for your next change and the subsequent time you only need to purchase 1L.

$80/L v $40/L, big difference. A lot of the US owners and independent workshops use and recommend the royal purple so there must be something in that, its only a re-badged shell oil after all and there is a Ravenol equivalent to the Shell TF 073.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

$80/L v $40/L, big difference. A lot of the US owners and independent workshops use and recommend the royal purple so there must be something in that, its only a re-badged shell oil after all and there is a Ravenol equivalent to the Shell TF 073.

And if it was for the engine and I was putting in 6L every 10,000km at that price then yes I’d be shopping. It’s the equivalent of $120 per change and for most people it occurs once or twice in their ownership. I spend that filling the fuel tank each week so really, it matters how much?

I get the principle of the thing, and I’m the first to use alternatives, but it’s just not worth the trouble for the transfer case - especially given the limited alternatives available in Aus.

Thats it, the principle. Just smells of apple inc to me, but if the guys in the US are using the RP Syncromax long term with no ill effects then to me it must be a viable alternative.