Where can i get gearbox oil from??

"as above when we service the bravo going to change the gearbox oil as she is getting on abit and so could probably do with it. any thoughts as to where i can get this from? and is it going to be costly? also on the topic of oil what blagged my head is i went to tesco and bought 4litres of castrol GTX diesil oil and it was 11.98 or summit then above it was the same grade oil but 2litres for 10 quid?? just made me laugh at the time as really why would you buy half the amount for a quid or so less?? haha"

Try ebay or your local garage or even halfords. If you know the right 'w' oil you'll know what to ask. I just bought 6 x 1litre packs of royal purple 10-40w oil. Came just under 60 quid but very good stuff. Afaik you can use it on diesels too

"not wanting to sound dumb here but is gearbox oil just oil then? as i wasnt sure if it was different for the gearbox for some reason? as tbh its not anything ive touched on before. i know i have 10w 40w for the engine will i want the same for the box then?"

i have a lolal car shop called romac. i know there are a few around the country but on my rover(R.I.P) the gear box was on its way out. so i bought some actuall gear box oil some other stuff that was meant to be the slippiest lubricant around and it lasted me another year. and for obth it cost £25.

ah but can you be certain the gear box would have gone sooner without it? lol. as you will never know will you? gear box could have survived that long either way.

Phil Holmes
Philholmes87@hotmail.co.uk
1998 BMW E36 318IS - RED

yeah a know that. got mine was grinding for bout 18months and then it finally went when a was da A52 going to uni. lol

well thats why im doing it i know the gearbox is not going but just not too clever and so will go eventually so this is to try squeeze abit more life out of her till i can suss all the parts for my 6speed box conversion (which will be a fecking nightmare!!) lol

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James not wanting to sound dumb here but is gearbox oil just oil then? as i wasnt sure if it was different for the gearbox for some reason? as tbh its not anything ive touched on before. i know i have 10w 40w for the engine will i want the same for the box then?

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Dazzi Engine oil is different to gearbox oil. You need to find what grade yours takes and the quantity

I did have a little search but found nothing so if you could find out what grade it takes i could search for shops