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11-03-2010, 10:59 AM

chalkie28

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hello im stuck at the moment my 1969 xj6 needs some rear diff oil im wandering what spec oil it is and how can i get it thank u

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11-03-2010, 01:10 PM

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hello im stuck at the moment my 1969 xj6 needs some rear diff oil im wandering what spec oil it is and how can i get it thank u

Nothing exotic needed. Ordinary 80w/90 weight gear oil will be fine. Shell, Valvoline, Esso, whatever.

If the vehicle history is unknown you might wanna drain whatever's left in the diff and install all new. Make sure you can remove the filler plug before draining, though :-)

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11-05-2010, 10:52 PM

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Hey Doug,
Do the later cars (in my case an early SIII) use the same viscosity?

Thanks!

Jeff

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11-06-2010, 01:29 AM

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Yup. same stuff. You can use 80/90 or 75/90. Whichever is on sale works for me.

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11-06-2010, 04:33 PM

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Chevron Delo ESI 80W-90 is one of the best (if not the best) regular, non-synthetic gear oils. It has a lot of approvals from heavy duty truck manufacturers for extended drain (up to 500,000 miles in those applications).
It's a step up from regular GL-5 80W-90 gear oils.

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