F13 gearbox oil

[ash anderson]

:tard: ive just got up from work suppose to be working but was on this most of the night:thumb: and people have told me in work to put some kind of power stearing oil in my gear box:eek: , its a brand new recon'd box but i just put transmission oil in, could someone tell me why they have said this as ive never heard of it before?

[AlexW]

Power steering fluid is similar/the same as gearbox oil.

You say youve just have it reconed so standard internals?

[Stuart]

Dexron 3 (or III) is ATF/gm manual gearbox/power steering fluid :D

[ash anderson]

Power steering fluid is similar/the same as gearbox oil.

You say youve just have it reconed so standard internals?

im thinking it is mate, only give 40 for it with reicepts for overhaul ;)
i understand now i thought they wanted to pull one over on me lol my bad
so im right in saying that its also thinner than transmission oil?
would it make any diffrence to the gearbox?

[Stuart]

difference as in?

thicker oil will make it a slag when cold... meaning you could wear it out faster.

[ash anderson]

difference as in?

thicker oil will make it a slag when cold... meaning you could wear it out faster.

performance, load under gearbox with thicker oil? life?

[Stuart]

if you feel flush then be my guest to put a thick ass expensive gearbox oil in.... its only going to cause cold wear, increse in transmission losses and generally stink.

infact, wny not put cooking oil in... :wall:

[mowgli]

the oil is usually an 80 grade gear oil.

[Andy]

Atf in ALL vauxhalls

[saloonwoody]

mine is a bitch if i put anything other than atf in it !!!!

[mikey14sr]

Mine have allways been fine with good old EP80/90 in.