Gear oil change

Re: Gear oil change (MR2QIK)

Tue, 13 May 2014 18:43:36 GMT

As I said, you can use ATF to prolong a transmission rebuild if your syncros are bad to the point they crunch on gl4 75/90. I wouldn't use it on a perfectly good box.

Personally never tried Castrol vmx80, but did use a similar nulon straight 80. Wasn't happy with the results on a dying e153 as it was too heavy cold & too light when warm.

Re: Gear oil change (Head gasket)

Tue, 13 May 2014 09:41:07 GMT

I will steer clear of ATF . I've read a couple times that even though it
Is recommended not to use it.. Ill have a look at the easy shift from caltex first
Run it for 1-2 thou if I don't like it ill change to castrol vmx 80
And do the same and if I don't like that ill go to redline.. If I don't like that
I have a shotgun, any volunteers? Lol

Re: Gear oil change (Falcon)

Tue, 13 May 2014 06:48:45 GMT

Ive had good results in both E153 and S54 using Castrol VMX80 which is a GL4 spec oil for quite a number of years. This is what we put into Erics very old gearbox about 3 weeks ago . Not ATF as stated above.

Re: Gear oil change (nate_p)

Tue, 13 May 2014 00:22:50 GMT

The Toyota spec for the e153 is dextron III ATF,other good oils for Toyota transaxles are castrol VMX 80. heavier oils will make the box feel notchy and hard to shift espeshaly when cold.

Re: Gear oil change (Mrskylighter)

Mon, 12 May 2014 18:17:24 GMT

I ran redline shockproof lightweight on my last e153 and it felt great. I emptied out mt90 to put it in.

Re: Gear oil change (Reddtarga)

Mon, 12 May 2014 17:07:06 GMT

track_mr2
I'm confused, doesn't this guy have a manual gearbox? Why are you guys suggesting he uses automatic transmission fluid?

Toyota actually recommends ATF as an option on some manual boxes.

Re: Gear oil change (Head gasket)

Mon, 12 May 2014 16:55:56 GMT

When you used the mt90 did you use heavy or lightweight
The heavy shock proof is rated up to 70w 250 but internally 75w90 from what I remember
I was going to go mt90 I might go lightweight . But ill check the caltex fluid first. Cheers

Re: Gear oil change (track_mr2)

Mon, 12 May 2014 16:13:55 GMT

I'm confused, doesn't this guy have a manual gearbox? Why are you guys suggesting he uses automatic transmission fluid?

Re: Gear oil change (Eric)

Mon, 12 May 2014 16:04:48 GMT

I had mt90 gear oil in my s54 and it felt terrible. swapped to castrol ATF and it feels a whole lot better

Re: Gear oil change (MR2QIK)

Mon, 12 May 2014 15:37:49 GMT

No, but my gearbox was rebuilt & is still in perfect condition. I'd start with the Caltex oil & see how you go. If the box is on its way out, you can try an ATF (Dextron III) to prolong a transmission rebuild.

Re: Gear oil change (Head gasket)

Mon, 12 May 2014 14:16:12 GMT

2nd and 3rd are generally quite notchy. Of coarse it's worse in the morning.. Did you experience this with
The caltex oil at all

Re: Gear oil change (dasic1)

Mon, 12 May 2014 13:56:01 GMT

Fixed

Re: Gear oil change (MR2QIK)

Mon, 12 May 2014 13:54:38 GMT

You hurt my ego......lol jks

Re: Gear oil change (Head gasket)

Mon, 12 May 2014 13:44:10 GMT

Thanks guys all of your replies help and ill get onto it..
It's a 1990 3sgte gen 2 rebuilt by terry. And I'm positive it's LSD
Thanks guys, sorry about the thumbs down mr2qik , muscly fingers 😠

Re: Gear oil change (MR2QIK)

Mon, 12 May 2014 09:50:21 GMT

I'd look at an alternative oil. My tranny didn't last long with mt90. Heard a few common experiences around the globe too.

Suggest something like Caltex Easyshift which is GL4 75/90. Spot on for the E153 from my experience.

Factory LSD is viscous / sealed unit. Main reason I never went for an aftermarket mechanical lsd is the difficulty finding a suitable tranny fluid to satisfy both diff & gears.