grade of oil in sc12??

[minimechanic]

rep all round!!!!

[4agte]

i used to use fuchs 0w-20 oil

[TERRA Operative]

Current price on the toyota stuff (08885-80108) is $34.12 a pop (50mL).
Holden want $31.05 a pop (120mL) for their stuff - part number 12345982.

Talked to a guy at work who used to rebuild industrial blowers and was recommended 150 grade gear oil (not SAE rating). It's about a 20~390SAE gear oil, single grade.

I just went and got the Holden stuff. They got it to me same day.

[feral4mr2]

smells like lanolin. I toppped mine up just the other day, as i saw it was half empty on the dipstick, with 5-40w mobil. Make sure you have a big syringe and some 4-5mm tube to get it down in there.

indeed it sure does smell like it's lanolin for sure. i remember noting that to someone in 99, (might of included a kiwi joke at the time! ).....
as a lot of others here i've used thin synthetic eng oil in my s/c's. used to use the syringe way, but have found it easier to use a 50ml flashlube container.

[Hiro]

A very thin oil?!

I used castrol syntrans last time if my memory serves right. Its 75w/85

that doesn't sound too thin....

Gear/Diff oil is rated differently to engine oil, so the numbers are not comparable.

[old_mr2]

indeed it sure does smell like it's lanolin for sure. i remember noting that to someone in 99, (might of included a kiwi joke at the time! ).....
as a lot of others here i've used thin synthetic eng oil in my s/c's. used to use the syringe way, but have found it easier to use a 50ml flashlube container.

My comment re: lanolin originally came from you back on the old forum!

[TERRA Operative]

The stuff from Holden contains the following:

Fatty acids, C5-10, esters with
dipentaerythritol - CAS 70983-72-1
Phosphoric acid,
(1,1-dimethylethy) phenyl
diphenyl ester - CAS 56803-37-3

as written on the back.

fatty acids = lanolin by any chance?