Thread: Which oils should I use?

For the g/box and t/case I use BP Visco 2000 (as per the book). No problems since I have been doing my own servicing for the last 18 months.
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Hi, i use all caltex oils as when asking the same question as you i rang the landy dealer in bathurst and they told me that caltex forumlates oils especially for Discovery manual gear boxes- not sure about county- if you rang caltex autralia and ask for the tech help centre give them the vehicle details and they tell you which oils in their product range you should use. As for the transfer case and diffs, they recomend 80W90 gear oil for the disco, not sure on the county, i wouldnt think it would change meuch but id check it out. Just make sure you use a reputable brand, like Caltex, Castrol, Penrite, Valvoline etc, I normally use castrol but i swapped to caltex when land rover told me about the oil they make and i bought 20ltrs of each oil i needed for the same price as 20ltrs of just the gear box oil in castrol- $320 for 20lts. Good oil but if you are working on a budget you can only buy the best you can afford. Matt

Thanks for your input guys. Im looking at the castrol range at the moment.

Engine: Castrol GTX diesel

Manual Transmission: Castrol VMX 80 (Although castrol recomend GTX3 or GTX Diesel 14W/50 oils) <span style="color:red">What do you think?</span>

Transfer: Castrol VMX 80

Diffs: Castrol EPX 80W/90

http://www.datateck.com.au/lube/castr_au/d...e=67&Model=1514

I just found the answer

"The LT85 has an oil pump inside, the reason for the 15W40 is that the pump cannot handle the thicker oil and will be damaged."

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