Trans oil change question

[MercuryFree]

 R.D said:

just called winger to see what they used, never heard of it, was something like multi track?? googled it but nothing. He said i can get it there for $18 a litre seems pretty good. And it must be the GL5 bla bla.

It's a Castrol product, 80w90 I beleive. Saw it in Supercheap auto today when I was looking for syntrak and failing. It says "yay subarus!!!111oen" on the front pretty much. $47.50 or some such for what I beleive was 4L, so winger is reaming your anus there.

[R.D]

dam winger! no one reams my anus!!

why the fudge doesn't someone import Subaru Extra-S into the country that every man and his dog is boasting about on the big american forums.

yeah $50 is what i was expecting to pay. Sounds better.

Does supercheap normally stock syntrak?

[Swindog]

Do a google search in NZ for castrol syntrax

Sorry its syntrax not syntraK

http://www.gearboxesrus.co.nz/questions_about_oils.htm

Try thats. Its good stuff. Im about to change mine again. Its more expensive than the norm but its designed for the car.

There is another product designed specifically for Subarus, but its only available in Japan, cant remember the name but it has the Subaru stars on the front.

[Swindog]

Repco stocks it not sure about Super Cheaper but not so cheap.

This is the stuff i was thinking of.

EXPENSIVVVVVVE https://www.subarugenuineparts.com/product_info.php?cPath=33_92&products_id=1073

[R.D]

 Swindog said:

This is the stuff i was thinking of.

EXPENSIVVVVVVE https://www.subarugenuineparts.com/product_info.php?cPath=33_92&products_id=1073

yeah yeah thats the stuff i been talking about!! I've rung around, no one has it. Pretty annoying that it only comes in those huge buckets. Some sites do it by the quart http://www.fredbeansparts.com/servlet/the-1206/Subaru-75w90-%22Extra-S%22/Detail

but i tried a few, most will only ship in the US.

[R.D]

 Swindog said:

This is the stuff i was thinking of.

EXPENSIVVVVVVE https://www.subarugenuineparts.com/product_info.php?cPath=33_92&products_id=1073

yeah yeah thats the stuff i been talking about!! I've rung around, no one has it. Pretty annoying that it only comes in those huge buckets. Some sites do it by the quart http://www.fredbeansparts.com/servlet/the-1206/Subaru-75w90-%22Extra-S%22/Detail

but i tried a few, most will only ship in the US./ just generally not keen to pay a big shipping bill

[Guest boostin]

Just use Multitrax. I've never had an issue with it, and Subaru NZ recommend it.

http://www.castrol.com/castrol/productdetailmin.do?categoryId=8290051&contentId=6007674

[R.D]

MULTITRAX!!!! thats wat the fella from winger must of said! shweeeeeeeet. you are the man.

the question now is, is it cheaper buying it off the shelf or through winger, who obviously must bulk buy. $18.35 a litre from Wings. Hmmm

What do u put in rear diff then?

Cheers boss!!

[Guest boostin]

Castrol LSX90 for the rear diff. Buy it from Repco or Supercheap. Too expensive at Wingers.

[R.D]

yusssssss. your the man! *man love moment*

[Guest boostin]

 R.D said:

yusssssss. your the man! *man love moment*

Um, yeah, nah.... :-X

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 R.D said:

MULTITRAX!!!! thats wat the fella from winger must of said! shweeeeeeeet. you are the man.

the question now is, is it cheaper buying it off the shelf or through winger, who obviously must bulk buy. $18.35 a litre from Wings. Hmmm

What do u put in rear diff then?

Cheers boss!!

I told you like 4 posts ago that it's cheaper at supercheap jeez ;D.

They probably do bulk buy...and then add a million markup. CAPITALISM AT IT'S FINEST

[R.D]

ah u did too, i guess i was put off by the '80w' figure, been glued to a 75w90 haha.

haha the old mark up, cant say where i work, but we crank up to the 900% mark ups hahah. poor customers.

Going to the west gate supercheap/recpo combo now. Lets hope they have this in stock.

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 R.D said:

ah u did too, i guess i was put off by the '80w' figure, been glued to a 75w90 haha.

haha the old mark up, cant say where i work, but we crank up to the 900% mark ups hahah. poor customers.

Going to the west gate supercheap/recpo combo now. Lets hope they have this in stock.

Does it involve paint?

[R.D]

it does not, it is your more general items lol.

But true, im sure liquids have to be the biggest mark ups in the world. e.g that 4L of motul 300 i went to buy. $400. They would pump that crap out in the factory for nothing a litre. Now that is some serious mark up-age

edit: just got the fluids. yay. Btw Are there any other ways (for free) than havin to buy that lil pump to get the diff fluid in?

[Guest boostin]

The rear diff is a prick to refill without a pump of some sort. Spend the money and get one. You'll use it again one day.

[Swindog]

I bought a groll filler from repco. $40. its been worth every cent.

[spicyHam]

Went to supercheap, bought 4l of Vr1 brand for $36.. that fit my criteria well, coz its CHHEEEP! I like the idea of 'an oil's and oil' too, they all do the same thing at the end of the day.. And i reckon its better to do the job frequently with a cheaper oil, than stretch out oil changes longer or not bothering at all because the oil you buy is 100+ a bottle.

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 spicyHam said:

Went to supercheap, bought 4l of Vr1 brand for $36.. that fit my criteria well, coz its CHHEEEP! I like the idea of 'an oil's and oil' too, they all do the same thing at the end of the day.. And i reckon its better to do the job frequently with a cheaper oil, than stretch out oil changes longer or not bothering at all because the oil you buy is 100+ a bottle.

Nice thinking but it doesnt work that way.......

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 spicyHam said:

Went to supercheap, bought 4l of Vr1 brand for $36.. that fit my criteria well, coz its CHHEEEP! I like the idea of 'an oil's and oil' too, they all do the same thing at the end of the day.. And i reckon its better to do the job frequently with a cheaper oil, than stretch out oil changes longer or not bothering at all because the oil you buy is 100+ a bottle.

haha thats a fail. wait until your gearbox welds itself together bacause you used 5 dollar oil

[driftrex]

lol different gearbox's require different grades and specs of oil, just 'anything' will not cut it.

you learn the hard way.

[Guest keltik]

To be fair i used to think gear oil was gear oil. I stuck the cheap supercheap auto oil in my 'new' box and 4th and 5th synchros were crap, it also whined/whirred a bit.

Now i've put good grade stuff in (mineral not synthetic tho) it shifts a LOT better. And after a few hundred k's to polish off the synchros - everythings feeling a lot nicer.

Anythings better than no oil tho - ask anyone who heard my last gearbox

[spicyHam]

Putting in cheap oil is better than not changing it all dont you think? im on minimum wage, and im a student, 200 dollar oil is a no go for me..

[Guest keltik]

Then stick in some $80 oil. It will do the job.

[spicyHam]

well to be honest id never stick 200 dollar oil in regardless of my position unless it was a race car.. i think thats nuts myself. i,ll see what the oil i got does. Im doing better by bothering to change it at all than 90% of motorists who don't i reckon.. I think my transmission sticks more due to stuffed synchros so oil can only do so much.