LSD oil grades??

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nzracer
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Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:38 pm

Hi guys,
Me and a mate are wanting to change the oil in our slip diff's, but we have both been hearing diff things about what grade oil is best to use?

Anybody have any experance on whats best??

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Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:54 pm

I used the genuine BMW stuff from the dealer (you have to supply your own container though)

There's also the Castrol stuff from http://www.opieoils.co.uk very similar to the BMW oil.

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Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:16 am

I got stung at the dealers last week to the tune of £35 for two litres :roll:
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Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:09 pm

Ok thanks for the info guys :D
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