Gear oil information (service info needed cant find on forum)
04-12-2013, 01:34 PM
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Gear oil information (service info needed cant find on forum)
Hello Hello
I am new to this forum as I have had my mazda for a while now and f*****g love it! Im just about to give it a little service I have the oil ready, air filter all that stuff the only info I need and cannot find anywhere is:
What Gearbox Oil do I use:
What Diff Oil do I use:
I live in the UK and do a lot of shopping in Halfords!
If this is on the forum please put a link ive searched for ages and its now time for me to cook up some fried chicken yoooo!
I am new to this forum as I have had my mazda for a while now and f*****g love it! Im just about to give it a little service I have the oil ready, air filter all that stuff the only info I need and cannot find anywhere is:
What Gearbox Oil do I use:
What Diff Oil do I use:
I live in the UK and do a lot of shopping in Halfords!
If this is on the forum please put a link ive searched for ages and its now time for me to cook up some fried chicken yoooo!
04-12-2013, 01:37 PM
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Use only GL-4 rated oil in the transmission
- Redline MT-90 is probably the most common.
- Mazda's OEM fluid is also good
- Eunos is preferred by many, but harder to obtain
Use only GL-5 rated oil in the diff
- Redline 75w90 gear oil is one of the most common
- Mazda's OEM fluid is also good
Side note: We do not recommend Royal Purple gear oils in the RX-8, far too many cases of failure after a few thousand miles.
- Redline MT-90 is probably the most common.
- Mazda's OEM fluid is also good
- Eunos is preferred by many, but harder to obtain
Use only GL-5 rated oil in the diff
- Redline 75w90 gear oil is one of the most common
- Mazda's OEM fluid is also good
Side note: We do not recommend Royal Purple gear oils in the RX-8, far too many cases of failure after a few thousand miles.
04-12-2013, 01:38 PM
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75-90 gl5. i just replaced mine and a friends with eneos i got from black halo racing.
04-12-2013, 01:39 PM
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riwwp, eunos is gl5 and i used it in my trans
04-12-2013, 01:49 PM
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I was recalling that Royal Purple is GL-5, and that causes the problem with that, but maybe it's just something that they do, and it's GL-4 or GL-5.
Either way, I would still recommend sticking with one of the known good ones. Still looking...
Either way, I would still recommend sticking with one of the known good ones. Still looking...
04-12-2013, 01:54 PM
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zoomzoomdave,
Here is the best way to search the forum, it should help in the future: site:rx8club.com transmission oil
https://www.google.com/search?q=site...hrome&ie=UTF-8
Here is the best way to search the forum, it should help in the future: site:rx8club.com transmission oil
https://www.google.com/search?q=site...hrome&ie=UTF-8
04-13-2013, 02:36 PM
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Thank you very much for the help popped to Mazda today got the oem stuff...quicker and can't go wrong hey!
On another tangent I'm meeting someone tomorrow to buy a k&n typhoon intake (short ram) anything I should check out before handing over the cash £150 to be precise.
Thanks guys and anyone in the Kent area?
On another tangent I'm meeting someone tomorrow to buy a k&n typhoon intake (short ram) anything I should check out before handing over the cash £150 to be precise.
Thanks guys and anyone in the Kent area?
04-13-2013, 02:51 PM
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The Europe subforum would probably get more direct local answers.
On a side note, the K&N Typhoon is one of the worst intakes for our car, worse than the stock intake. You WILL be down on power, down on efficiency, might have CELs, etc...
The only 3 better than the stock intake are Racing Beat, AEM, and Mazdaspeed.
Check out my modding guide in my thread.
On a side note, the K&N Typhoon is one of the worst intakes for our car, worse than the stock intake. You WILL be down on power, down on efficiency, might have CELs, etc...
The only 3 better than the stock intake are Racing Beat, AEM, and Mazdaspeed.
Check out my modding guide in my thread.
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