JB Wrote...
Jon could you say all that stuffin english please. SNIP...
==========Sorry JB I only know Serbo Croat out here and have to get the wife to
translate for me ;o)
=================I have suspended my axle drain today, one because of the weather raining
again and I have no garage
and the cruiser is out in the open. The other is because of some confusion
in me head about having the right oil for me diffs. I have 20 litres of 80 w
90 on my hands well actually in 4, 5 litre containers. Its castrol EPX 80w
90 Differential oil SAE, 80W-90, API, GLS, ZF, TE-ML, 05A, 07A, 12A, 16B,
17B. SNIP..
============I admit I don't know the meaning of all the spec letters that come after
oil grades these days, but they usually refer to a testing standard,
(certainly SAE and ZF) and you have to see what they mean separately. I am
sure there are websites that will interpret all those for you, if nothing
else, those of the manufacturers. But it looks like your local Yaris dealer
has sufficient knowledge to know that hypoy is needed but can't identify
one, except of course one from the range that he sells, and he doesn't need
to know the tech spec of it. Personally I would not be bothered about the
viscosity of the oil 10 points either way. The fact its oil and it can
withstand extreme hypoid pressure is far more important. There is no point
having nice thick gooey stuff that squirts out from between crownwheel and
pinion teeth leaving nothing much to lubricate them at the pressure point.
Out here apart from the French stuff I have also bought Esso and Abro axle
oils, and in each case they have 'hypoy' written clearly in the spec. It
doesn't usually get covered-up (included within) by spec letters and
numbers which you then have to investigate separately. If it reads
'differential oil' on the label there should surely be a reference to
hypoid capability somewhere. Others may accuse me of being old fashioned,
but I have learned the hard way, and its in my basic engineering training
to get the basics right every time, like a carpenter measures twice before
cutting once !
========I cant even get al oil and for it to be straight forward. Im doing off
to cry now. SNIP..
Now now JB, don't cry so much it waters down the Guinness. Like anyone else
I am only trying to help. In the real world we don't all go down to the Toy
dealer and buy whatever he wants to sell us. That's why we mostly all have
second-hand Toys cos we can't afford them new, and can't always afford what
the dealer wants to sell either as genuine spares or 'recommended
lubricants' etc. And why the likes of Milner do so well serving the likes
of us.
I am sure in the past you have mentioned buying specialist engine oils from
a local supplier, and that is the sort of place to go. Specialist suppliers
(in UK anyway) would know their oils better than an auto accessory shop -
or even the car dealers. For example In UK I mostly buy Morris of
Shrewsbury products. A small firm but with a wide range of 'simple'
products described clearly and simply but for sophisticated applications
if required. But the same goes for specialists selling Castrol, Ovoline,
Valvoline, Fuchs, etc. which you have in Eire.
Cheers
Jon
'92 HZJ80 ex UN surplus in Bosnia - where I am thinking of changing my
gearbox and transfer box oils before driving across Europe this week.