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Old Jul 4, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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What Gearbox oil and diff oil should I be putting in a Escort Cosworth?
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Old Jul 4, 2008 | 01:57 PM
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Just put Silkolene synthetic 75/90 in mine
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Same for both the Gearbox and the diff?
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Yes mate and the transfer box
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i put mobil synthetic in mine.....both the same for each.
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Old Jul 4, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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I put different oil in the transfer box to the gear box, castrol from matt lewis for both but they were definitely different.
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Old Jul 4, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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they are ment to be different Mart, but the ATF that is supposed to go in the diff is not really up to it, so the same oil in mine for both.
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Old Jul 5, 2008 | 11:51 AM
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I'm sure their was a post in GD that said 75/90 synthetic in everything even though the manual says differently.
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Old Jul 5, 2008 | 12:17 PM
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would it be the same syn 75/90 in a straight cut box??
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Originally Posted by babscossie
would it be the same syn 75/90 in a straight cut box??
mines a straight cut box and i got advised to use it by the person who made my box.
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Originally Posted by dave cos4x4
they are ment to be different Mart, but the ATF that is supposed to go in the diff is not really up to it, so the same oil in mine for both.
The way you drive your car i can see why!!! Legendary

I'll just give mine a nice easy time lol
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im with Dave on this one.

same oil in the gearbox and transfer box, as mentioned by Mr Barra himself.
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as kelv and dave said same oil in both transfer and gearbox

and must be fully synthetic on uprated boxes

if you have a uprated plated rear diff then you need to use 80/140 synthetic oil

if not the 75/90 wil be good enough
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Old Jul 6, 2008 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by marco polo
as kelv and dave said same oil in both transfer and gearbox

and must be fully synthetic on uprated boxes

if you have a uprated plated rear diff then you need to use 80/140 synthetic oil

if not the 75/90 wil be good enough
what do you reccommend on the FFD boxes??
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by escort700bhp
what do you reccommend on the FFD boxes??

hi mate

same again a good quality (silkolen ect)fully synthetic 75w/90w for the FFD or Xtrac

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