bigjohn Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 As title,what is the best manual gearbox oil for a 300tdi 1995? does anyone use the mtf94 or is that not suitable? cheers,john. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bigjohn Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 Great,thanks for a quick reply.cheers,john. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy_neutron Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 As title,what is the best manual gearbox oil for a 300tdi 1995? does anyone use the mtf94 or is that not suitable? cheers,john. I spent weeks looking into this ... My conclusion was castrol transmax z in my 200tdi. The gearbox was noticably smoother as well ... best to look into it yourself though cos everyone seems to have different opinions on the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Have a look at Redline, I use it and am very happy. It's a very tough low shear oil that lasts several times longer than the Land Rover recommended options. Very smooth from cold, no notchy gear changes on my 98 300tdi. I use Redline in the transfer box and diffs as well. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinny Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 i know this is off the subject a bit but i drive a jcb 3cx now has 2800 hrs from new and a lot of road work, the torque converter/ gearbox are on the same oil this has never been changed nor has the filter ill try to find the specs for this oil to see if it matches lr specs. or has anyone got any ideas chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 I would think the JCB will run on a hydraulic oil something like Hyspin AWS32 so absolutely no good for vehicle transmissions if so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 Have a look at Redline, I use it and am very happy.It's a very tough low shear oil that lasts several times longer than the Land Rover recommended options. Very smooth from cold, no notchy gear changes on my 98 300tdi. I use Redline in the transfer box and diffs as well. John what grade redline oil do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglad Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 As title,what is the best manual gearbox oil for a 300tdi 1995? does anyone use the mtf94 or is that not suitable? cheers,john. I used Difflock fully synthetic EVO1 in the gearbox and it is luverley, smooth and quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 what grade redline oil do you use? MTL in my R380, my transfer box and diffs are still on cheapo EP90; can't afford 6.3 litres of synthetic at their prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 Quick update, i changed to mtf94 oil, the change is now less notchy than before, dont know if it was just because the oil was old, or the mtf does a better job. i think its a higher spec than the normal stuff, well it's a higher price !! cheers, john. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardener_44 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I used Castrol SMX-S in my 200TDI and what a difference it made in gear changing, it's so smooth now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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