Hey all!
Just acquired my new diff.. BUT it has no OIl.
What oil do I need and how much of it will I need?
Am I better off filling it off the car (more weight) or on the car (difficulty???)
Cheers!!
LSD oil
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SPADGE
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Decent qaulity Hypoid gear oil
Approx 1.7 litres
Fill it out or in it makes no odds
You could have asked me this in the morning btw
Approx 1.7 litres
Fill it out or in it makes no odds
You could have asked me this in the morning btw
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One you have heard of ie 'Castrol' and certainly not 'Costco'oze30 wrote:yeah.. but I'll grab it on the way there! What brand?
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Col i can get a gallon for the price of that stuff at Peter Lloyd so leave it with me 
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the diff needs 1.9 litres but 2.0 is fine.
you can use normal castrol diff oil for open diffs and then add an LSD additive with it. You can get the additive from vauxhall. This is a bit cheaper and just as good as forking out for LSD oil
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you can use normal castrol diff oil for open diffs and then add an LSD additive with it. You can get the additive from vauxhall. This is a bit cheaper and just as good as forking out for LSD oil
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Simon13 wrote:the diff needs 1.9 litres but 2.0 is fine
Simon knows better than the original BMW handbook Col
I'll have a word with my old mate Berni (gearboxman.co.uk) in the morning and see what he recomends before you go shelling out for supposed special LSD oil. I'm pretty sure he always said to use atf in cossie lsd's so i see no reason why that wouldn't be ok for a bmw lsd.
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SPADGE wrote:Simon13 wrote:the diff needs 1.9 litres but 2.0 is fine
Simon knows better than the original BMW handbook Col
I'll have a word with my old mate Berni (gearboxman.co.uk) in the morning and see what he recomends before you go shelling out for supposed special LSD oil. I'm pretty sure he always said to use atf in cossie lsd's so i see no reason why that wouldn't be ok for a bmw lsd.
Cossies have viscous LSD units, don't use ATF in a BMW LSD.
Castrol SAF XJ if you want fully synthetic, Castrol B373 if you want to save money. (£36 v £10 for 2 litres.)
Castrol B373 here too!
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I got mine from the dealer at £12 per litre! It's longlife so you may never need to ever change it.
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Keep it on topic guys 
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