Which hypoid oil do i need for my steering box? Neither Bentley nor Haynes state which one, and from reading on the interweb there are different types GL or EP and then different ratings for these ??? Ep is supposed to have something in it which corrods yellow metals, is there any brass Etc in The steering box? Any pointers would be good and much appreciated.
80w90 GL4 - same as gearbox. does say this in the haynes manual somewhere. i've used it and perfectly ok, cheers.
Thanks Mate, I've just found its written on the bag it came in too, its in portugese but fortunalty google is fluent in portugese Atencao Colocar o lubrificante com o mecanismo instalado no veiculo usar oleo SAE 90 - ep ate o Nivel do Bujao de enchimento Or: attention Put the lubricant with the mechanism installed in the vehicle using SAE 90 oil - p to the level of filler plug
either ep80 or ep90 will do the job with no problems BTW EP stands for extreme presure and its used in gearboxs so hypoid gears dont brake it down due to sheer presure. P.S. if your steering box leaks slightly use one shot landrover swivel hub grease is designed to replace the ep oil in landrover hubs if they leak and will stop your box leaking i used it in my split loads better
Got 4 litres today from Halfords with my Trade card. will go for a drive and then once warm I will change the gearbox fluid.
yeah mine was at for 10 years and i have had it for 2 years and I havent really checked it!! oops, next job to do before I drive it again really
Make sure you've got a mahoosive Allen key, heritage sell the bit pretty cheap thoug i think if you havent.
got one already 17mm allen key, mine is a socket set one though so i can use a big breaker bar on it if needs be.
