Suggestion: Gear Oil

[CLAVEL3699]

Mga Bossing;

I have a previous post about Gear Oil Change but sorry I cant find it.

Here is my question. I went to Caltex and Shell they said they cannot change it kasi di daw pwede Motor Oil gamitin sa Gear Oil.

Dun sa post ko dati kailangan MotorOil for Honda Civic. Nagtanong naman ako sa Talyer mahal naman singil -P- 200.00.

Pwede na ba Gear Oil sa Shell or Caltex palit na lang ako every six months or 1 year.

Please advise naman. More than 4 yrs di pa palit eh.

Thanks

[DAPA]

Castrol na gear oil.. ok naman.

[Ungas]

Previous gear oil threads:

- Change: gear oil

- GEAR OIL: What do you use? 90 or 140 grade

[jackaroo]

What year model is the civic?

If you're referring to the transaxle/ manual trans oil of a civic, then here's the data for a '95 civic:
Use Engine oil, Api SG,SH, Sae 20w50 or 20w40, 1.8L. Change oil every year or 20k km.

[CLAVEL3699]

Yun nga sir Jackaroo.

Di daw pwede sa Shell and Caltex di daw pwede engine oil kailan daw mismo gear oil nila.

Saan ba mura kasi sa caltex and chell -P- 80.00 lang ang palit.

Thanks.

[jackaroo]

Clavel3699,

Suggest you buy their oil and just tell them to change/replace the transm oil. They don't use engine oil often in transm so are hesitant to try.

[Supierreman]

Motoroil pa rin.. check out chieffy's post dati meron guidline sa clatex lube na motor oil gamit for local hondas.

hanapa ka na lang caltex lube station bili ka 20w-50 motoroil sa kanila tapos yung palagay mo.

[CLAVEL3699]

Saan kaya na Caltex gumagawa non?

Isip Isip. hehehehe

[Supierreman]

sayang wala na yung kay chieffy. Yung sa akin sa Manual tranny ng CR-V ko sa Fusion R ko pina gawa sa may E rodriguez. Liquimoly 20w-50 yung pinalagay ko around 2 Liters. nakalimutan ko nga lang kung magkano na labor dun.

[CLAVEL3699]

Supierreman;

Sigurado ako around 200 or 250 yun.

Layo kasi difference sa Clatex or Shell.

Thanks

[mr_manoy]

Some OEM do recommend motor oil for manual tranny. All motor oil pass as GL-3 rating. Yan ang API rating for oil in metal surface protection. Yung gear oil are GL-4 or GL-5 rated more suited for moderate to high Extreme Pressure(EP) protection, moderate for SUV and high for racing and SUV towing. Creaful in choosing GL-5 unless specified, it can damage "soft" metals in tranny na gamit in older models-ie bronze
GL-3 is mild EP protection suited for cars for day-to-day driving. You can choose Motor oil for tranny and GL-4 90 as gear oil since gears carry more load in power transmission to wheels, around 30% more than that of tranny.
75w90 gear oil is about same viscosity as 15w-40 oil, about enough viscosity or "flow". Straight SAE90 is good enuff for gears

If you can use motor oil for tranny, can gear oil/MTF be used for engine, you may ask? No. Difference nila is in additive ie detergents. Motor have more of them since they are exposed to engine contaminants ie air particles 5 micron in size