Which gearbox oil to use for a series 2 nb

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Re: Which gearbox oil to use for a series 2 nb

Postby tescoking » Sun Jul 28, 2013 2:32 am

Two options.

Option one:
Go to AutoPro and get Nulon Full Synthetic 75W-90 Performance Smooth Shift Manual Gearbox and Transaxle Oil.

Nulon Full Synthetic 75W-90 Performance Smooth Shift Manual Gearbox and Transaxle Oil

http://www.nulon.com.au/products/Gear_a ... saxle_Oil/

I believed this is the only shop that have this in stock.

And you should be able to get G70 in any auto shop.

Nulon G70

http://www.nulon.com.au/products/Specia ... Treatment/

Mix G70 into the gearbox oil before filling into the gearbox oil.

Option two:
Like other people said, get redline 75w-90. I have never use this before, and I believe you have to purchase it online since this is U.S. product - ebay is your friend.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Redline-oil- ... 2a2f3beaa0

5lite will be more than enough.

And at the end of the day, the most important thing is a regular oil change - Every 3 months or 5000KMs.
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Re: Which gearbox oil to use for a series 2 nb

Postby nd55 » Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:30 pm

Just to clarify, GL-5 oils which do not have sulfur compounds are OK to use in manual transmissions.

It's the sulfur which compromises the copper metal in the syncro rings.

Or you could just use GL-4 oil in the transmission, as there are plenty to choose from.

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Re: Which gearbox oil to use for a series 2 nb

Postby Okibi » Sat Aug 10, 2013 7:31 am

tescoking wrote:...And at the end of the day, the most important thing is a regular oil change - Every 3 months or 5000KMs.


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Re: Which gearbox oil to use for a series 2 nb

Postby marty085 » Sat Aug 10, 2013 7:38 am

http://www.gllubricants.com/ they have all redline oils you'll need.

Theyre in Regents Park near Auburn. They post.
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Re: Which gearbox oil to use for a series 2 nb

Postby YanMa YatTai » Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:48 am

marty085 wrote:http://www.gllubricants.com/ they have all redline oils you'll need.


Got mine from them and changing it this weekend.

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Re: Which gearbox oil to use for a series 2 nb

Postby de Bounce » Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:23 pm

tescoking wrote:And at the end of the day, the most important thing is a regular oil change - Every 3 months or 5000KMs.
The oil companies must love you!
OEM recommended service intervals are fine for the vast majority of cases.
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Re: Which gearbox oil to use for a series 2 nb

Postby tescoking » Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:21 pm

de Bounce wrote:
tescoking wrote:And at the end of the day, the most important thing is a regular oil change - Every 3 months or 5000KMs.
The oil companies must love you!
OEM recommended service intervals are fine for the vast majority of cases.


I don't wanna see my oil turn brown or black :P
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Re: Which gearbox oil to use for a series 2 nb

Postby hks_kansei » Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:32 pm

tescoking wrote:I don't wanna see my oil turn brown or black :P


Brown/black means it's done it's job.


every 10,000km is fine, there's an engine in the garage at the moment with about 410,000km on the clock, still running smoothly, happily, and still making factory power.

Serviced every 10,000km per the Mazda book, with normal oils (Magnatec etc)
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Re: Which gearbox oil to use for a series 2 nb

Postby de Bounce » Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:59 am

tescoking wrote:
de Bounce wrote:
tescoking wrote:And at the end of the day, the most important thing is a regular oil change - Every 3 months or 5000KMs.
The oil companies must love you!
OEM recommended service intervals are fine for the vast majority of cases.


I don't wanna see my oil turn brown or black :P
hks_kansei wrote:
tescoking wrote:I don't wanna see my oil turn brown or black :P

Brown/black means it's done it's job.
every 10,000km is fine, there's an engine in the garage at the moment with about 410,000km on the clock, still running smoothly, happily, and still making factory power.
Serviced every 10,000km per the Mazda book, with normal oils (Magnatec etc)

Agree every 10,000km is fine for engine oil

However

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Re: Which gearbox oil to use for a series 2 nb

Postby tescoking » Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:00 pm

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Re: Which gearbox oil to use for a series 2 nb

Postby Okibi » Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:30 am

I prefer MT90, I think Coventries sells it.
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