r380 oil-confused

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Originally Posted by incisor

but when it does start to clash, i will bet london to a brick that within days of putting syntans in it it will go back to being a good little puppy for quite some time...

ask me how i know....

you can argue that old technology is all you need till you go blue in the face

those that have tried the newer technologies know that there is a big improvement.

thats an entirely different thing to saying that the old technology does not work at all.

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Has your gearbox got 430,000k's on it?,didn't think so. Pat

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Originally Posted by jazzaD1

i just changed the oil in my LT77, it previously had ATF in it, no idea what type as it is what was in the box when i bought it, but upon removing the sump plug i have never seen so much brass swarf, synchros im lead to believe, now i know its not an R380 but surely it can't be good for it, as it has different characteristics to regular gear oil at different temperatures and is rated for different pressures etc, since i put a 75w gear oil in, as far as i can remember it may be a different weight to what i recall, it shifts beautifully

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Modern motors have a disco that had 505,000k's on it 2years ago running ATF it's whole life and never had the box out. Pat

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Originally Posted by PAT303

Has your gearbox got 430,000k's on it?,didn't think so. Pat

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and that has what to do with what?

horse, water...

plonk...

how about we compare it to water and cordial.

in order to survive we need water but we like cordial more so we drink that.

its the same for the R380.

in order for it to survive it NEEDS ATF but it LIKES transmax more.

accordingly

water and ATF are cheap whereas Cordial and Transmax are more expensive.


hows that go for an anology.

Dave, you are the riddler...


Pete

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Originally Posted by incisor

and that has what to do with what?

horse, water...

plonk...

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Maybe you shouldn't write things off so easily.It's been my experience with the R380 that thier isn't the ''right'' fluid,mine doesn't like Castrol only ATF or MTL,my mates didn't go Castrol either but Penrite light gear oil,I couldn't change gear with Penrite even when hot so they are a law until themselves.Do a search and there isn't a clear winner for or against Oil or ATF. Pat