Limited Slip Differential

[mdpo]

Guys,

I am due for service next week, still haven't found any LSD oil for my trooper. Also kailangan bang synthetic ang gear oil nito? Or I can just use the LS90 of mobil?

Also have anyone tried purchasing Petron All terrain at pandacan? Mas mura daw kasi dun? I plan to buy one box so hoping to get volume discount.;)

Thanks in advance for all your reply

[jackaroo]

Isuzu's LSD oil is not synthetic so you can use Mobil's LSA90. It's about P280/L if you buy a box of 12L. Trooper uses 3L for rear diff.

A box of Petron all terrain has 6L only, you'll need 8L for the trooper's 4JX1 engine.

[mdpo]

jackaroo, Thanks for that information... where can I purchase these? thanks

[Ungas]

I doubt it if you can purchase lubricants from oil depots. Centralized ang dispersal ng products from Makati offices to Pandacan or Batangas depots. Unless may kakilala kayong service station that will order the oils for you.

At kakaunti lang po ang patong ng service stations sa oil, more or less P10-20 pesos lang per liter.

[jackaroo]

The mobil LSA90 is available thru Capital inds, along Boni S, cubao.

A friend buys from Petron pandacan, about P220/L but only by box of 6L.

[jkyamog]

Sa may alabang auto circle din ako naghanap ng LSD oil. Ang nagoffer sa akin ay Tune up master, Mobilube LSA 90 - 400/liter. Tapos 180 ang labor. Castrol Hypox B 90 - 180/liter, not sure kung puwede LSD although its clearly GL-5. Pumunta muna ako sa Nissan Westgate 352/liter lang. May initial confusion kung puwede sa LSD ito, kasi 1 Nissan staff said that they use another oil for LSD which was not available at that time. Anyway I bought it and had my truck serviced at Calter, 75 pesos only.

The mechanic at Caltex was also hesitant since he was not familiar with the oil, he was only familiar with Castrol and Caltex (not available at that time) LSD oils.

I went on to replace the oil, since the old one was drained already. I also remember reading about Mobil LSA here. Tuneup master and Nissan westgate (although with some confusion first) gave this oil for LSD. Right now I am still thinking if I did put the right oil, anyone here can give me a peace of mind? The text on the bottle is french and I am sure its GL-5, not sure if its for LSD. Thanks.

[jkyamog]

using babelfish, it seems parang pang lsd ata ang Mobilube LSA 90

[5Speed]

nakowsss hindi pa rin pala kami nagpapalit nang lsd oil....

buti nabasa ko to...

[jackaroo]

jkyamog
If you bought Mobil LSA 90 then not to worry. It's really made in France and spec'd for lsd.

I've been using that for the last 40k kms w/out any problems. Change it every 20k km though.

[benchph1]

LSD oils can also be used as Gear oils right?

like sa passenger cars. :D

[jeff]

wala bang murang LSD gear oil?

[jackaroo]

Can use lsd oils as gear oils only if your differential or transmission specifies the same viscosity and API rating- which is usually a GL5 in lsd oils. But there are some manual transmissions/ transaxles that don't work well with friction modifiers in gear oils, such as lsd oils.

Most transaxles specify a GL4 gear oil.

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We have lsd oil at the shop.
LiquiMoly synthetic.
Castrol Hyphoid C.
Please call the shop at 724-***/****.
Don't recall the exact prices.

[jkyamog]

thanks jackaroo.

I noticed that you like Mobil products, I looked the french site... closest that I can see is Esso LSA.

I will just stick to the Mobilube LSA 90, since you have experienced it, Nissan dealer did give it to me, babelfish translation seems to tell something about limited diff.

[jeff]

sa tingin niyo ilang liter's kaya ang laman ng differential ng hyundai H100 na van?

[Field Master]

Sir OTEP, Pajero Experts,
Following your procedures on early part of this thread for my Pajero 2.8 AT (local), I found that rear wheels move on different directions and ad it has no orange sticker on passenger's door jamb which means it is not LSD. Confirm ko lang sa mga owner ng ganitong ride kung talagang not LSD nga. Thanks.

[Ungas]

Field Master::: How did you try to check the procedure? Did you move the rear tires by hand only? Or lifted the whole vehicle then engage it in gear?

[Field Master]

Sir Ungas,
The entire vehicle was set off the ground (as my transfercase fluid is being replaced) with rear tires hanging freely. Set the A/T shift knob to "N" and release the park brake. Rotate the left rear wheel in clockwise motion and observed the left wheel rotating in counterclockwise motion. I'm planning to replace my differential fluid this weekends.
OT: Bad trip ngayon ko lang nabasa on other thread, Central Differential lock, I used this on pave straight road, testing ko kasi after changing the T/C fluid, ang bigat pala nito pag naka engage at ang hirap lumiko. Nasira ko kaya transfercase ko?

[Ungas]

You should have placed it in D while the both rear tires were lifted from the ground. Normal hand spinning will not trigger the LSD to lock.

You have experienced the differential binding effect, forcing central locked 4WD on pavement. Which will not harm your transfer case yet, usually, crossjoints, front hubs or differential gears are the ones that will give way before transfer gears.

[Field Master]

Will do that Sir Ungas. But what will be the response of LSD-equipped vehicle in doing this procedures, pag counter-rotation ba LSD yun?
Thanks for your comments on remote possibility of my TC getting damage.