VZ SV6 Diff oil

[andyman]

its interesting that the diffs whining, maybe the oil wasnt right?

A whiny diff isnt good, and its the oil inside the diff housing that forces the pinion and drive wheel together ...

those bw diffs usually do pinion bearings, other than being a average single spinner or a weak lsd that dosnt like anything more that wet grass the differentials themselves dont give to many problems

 

[Torquative]

lol love the technical response Andy

BUT I still stick by my comment, a whiny diff aint right unless its a Falcon taxi coz then all Im worried about is the damn thing getting me home :thumbsup:

 

[Trevor 062]

what oil was used?


i generally change the oil in the diffs at either the 60 or 75,000km usually pretty contaminated by then, although we have about 5 vzs left in our fleet so i dont have to worry about that now

Don't know mate to be honest, I'll leave that up to the mechanic,
Hopefully he knew what type of oil to use...

 

[PaulSV6]

Don't know mate to be honest, I'll leave that up to the mechanic,
Hopefully he knew what type of oil to use...

Me too, Lets hope nothing has happen to the diff.
He should have told u wat oil he used!

 

[Explosions Hurt]

All changed and all sounds great !!

Will try and find the oil package and let you know what i used

 

[Trevor 062]

Me too, Lets hope nothing has happen to the diff.
He should have told u wat oil he used!

Hoping to sell car very shortly, & preying I don't have to tow the car to the yard .

 

[andyman]

Me too, Lets hope nothing has happen to the diff.
He should have told u wat oil he used!

well if you use castrol, you use SAF-XA in lsd's Without the additive that holdens says cause its allready in the oil, or if its a single spinner LSX90, SAF-XA can be used in the single spinner fine, but seals may start to leak after a while cause they dont have syntheitc oil type seals in them

 

[gregiem]

Silly question mate, y would u want to change ur diff oil? the car is not even 3 yrs old!!

Unless u tow alot of heavy loads.

Oil breaks down / gets contaminated over time. I just had my diff & auto serviced (05 sv6 62k on the clock) and the change in the car is great. No more binding up ( clunking ) in the diff and the lsd works better now. The auto will hold the car on a steep hill no throttle or brakes without rolling back at all. The gear changes are crisp now not that it was ever bad but I just think you should get them done on a regular basis. I prefer to get things looked at and serviced before they brake down.
The guys at workshop ( Preston autos & diffs in Melbourne's north) did a great job.
Does anyone know how often Holden says in between services? I can't find it in manual.
Anyhow thats just my 2c worth.

 

[andyman]

Oil breaks down / gets contaminated over time. I just had my diff & auto serviced (05 sv6 62k on the clock) and the change in the car is great. No more binding up ( clunking ) in the diff and the lsd works better now. The auto will hold the car on a steep hill no throttle or brakes without rolling back at all. The gear changes are crisp now not that it was ever bad but I just think you should get them done on a regular basis. I prefer to get things looked at and serviced before they brake down.
The guys at workshop ( Preston autos & diffs in Melbourne's north) did a great job.
Does anyone know how often Holden says in between services? I can't find it in manual.
Anyhow thats just my 2c worth.

5spd are sealed for life kind of thing and dont require replacement under "NORMAL" conditions, like anyone drives in normal conditions, utter load of b/s i believe they need to be changed, every 100,000 would be what id do

4sp is every 105,000km

 

[PaulSV6]

well if you use castrol, you use SAF-XA in lsd's Without the additive that holdens says cause its allready in the oil, or if its a single spinner LSX90, SAF-XA can be used in the single spinner fine, but seals may start to leak after a while cause they dont have syntheitc oil type seals in them

Thanx Andyman,
ill remember that when the time comes to change the diff oil.