Gearbox oil 85w-140 ok to use?

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Gearbox oil 85w-140 ok to use?

Postby Minimum Chips » Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:47 pm

Na8 - service manual says to use SAE 90 for manual transmission. But I already have some 85w -140. Would it be ok to use instead? Thanks
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Re: Gearbox oil 85w-140 ok to use?

Postby 93_Clubman » Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:22 pm

NA8 Owner's Manual from Mazda says to use 75W-90 right across the temperature range, or 80W-90 for above 10 degrees celsius only.
Here's the NA6 Owner's Manual, which is the same for GB oil:
http://www.five-speed.dk/Download/NAOwnersManual.pdf
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Re: Gearbox oil 85w-140 ok to use?

Postby Minimum Chips » Thu Jun 22, 2017 7:12 pm

Ok, thank you
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Re: Gearbox oil 85w-140 ok to use?

Postby beavis » Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:46 am

Hopefully this will help :)

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Re: Gearbox oil 85w-140 ok to use?

Postby Minimum Chips » Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:16 am

Nice one. Thanks
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