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Posted: 2 years ago | Posted in Diff oil for 300zx Z31 wi...

Hi Penrite,

I would like to ask your recommdation for a Differental oil to be used in my application, I have a Nissan z31 300zx and have fitted a  Quaife ATB (Automatic Torque Biasing) differential. the vechile will be mostly street driven (400 HP) 

I have been told to use a Pro Gear 75W-90  GL5. 

Just thought I would check first.

Thanks

Nic

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Posted: 2 years ago | Posted in Diff oil for 300zx Z31 wi...

Hi Nic

ProGear 75W90 is a GL-5 rated gear oil so it meets the requirements you noted. It is however formulated to be suitable for limited slip diffs so the issue arises as to whether Quaife make any comment regarding LSD type oils in your type of diff? 

Is it possible for you to check this?

Cheers 

Costa

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Posted: 2 years ago | Posted in Diff oil for 300zx Z31 wi...

Hi Costa,

 

Thanks for getting back to me.

I will have to check with Quaife their online recommendations are for another oil brand being a UK based company.

so I'm not sure what effect the LSD additive will have, I did check some FAQ's on the Penrite website first. 

Q. If a customer required Gear Oil for a Hypoid Differential or Manual Gearbox, does having LSD additives impact the performance?

A. No, the LSD additives will have no effect on Hypoid gear sets or non LSD differentials.

 

however i wasn't sure how that would apply to me, hence my initial question. 

 

Regards

Nic

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Posted: 2 years ago | Posted in Diff oil for 300zx Z31 wi...

Understood Nic

Lets see what Quaife have to say.

By the way, what oil have they recommended?

Cheers

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Posted: 2 years ago | Posted in Diff oil for 300zx Z31 wi...

I have email Quaife just waiting to hear back.

Their website has the below general recommendation.

What sort of gear oil should I use?

When running a Quaife ATB Differential in a standard transaxle gearbox, we recommend you use the oil recommended by your vehicle’s manufacturer – the Quaife ATB Differential does not require any special lubricants.

When running Quaife gearbox internals and a Quaife ATB differential, we recommend FuchsTitan SYN5 75W90. For a Quaife ATB differential, running in a rear axle, we advise you use a hypoid 90 or 75W90.

For those applications that will accept a GL5 or SAE 75W90 gear oil, we recommend and sell Silkolene SYN5 75W90 gear oil. We use Silkolene in all our own Quaife racing transmissions.

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Posted: 2 years ago | Posted in Diff oil for 300zx Z31 wi...

Hi Nic

Based on the comments you noted above: 

"For a Quaife ATB differential, running in a rear axle, we advise you use a hypoid 90 or 75W90."

"the Quaife ATB Differential does not require any special lubricants."

There would be no reason to believe that ProGear 75W90 would not be suitable here.

Cheers

Costa

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Posted: 2 years ago | Posted in Diff oil for 300zx Z31 wi...

Ok cool, thanks for that Costa 

 

Regards

Nic 

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