arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 2m 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/01/14 06:12 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 06:12 AM 20L GW I paid $130 for 20L. That gives me 2 oil changes with a 5L flush both times. 50K service is ok for stock car but high powered or beaten cars need to be less. 20K-30K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 5m 5d Gender: Male Posted 11/01/14 06:24 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 06:24 AM but high powered or beaten cars need to be less. 20K-30K I have to disagree with that part mate, you would have to think 150 passes (all between 126 - 135MPH) would be enough to say that 50,000klm intervals with LG6 is enough.Every 20 or 30 would be overkill, so if you are changing your GW every 20 or 30 maybe it ain't as good as the LG6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/01/14 06:45 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 06:45 AM 30 would be my max comfortable interval for a medium to high hp car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 5m 5d Gender: Male Posted 11/01/14 07:34 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 07:34 AM (edited) Mines almost done 50, I'll do the turbo and see how the input likes it, if it goes ok, I'll dump the oil and see how it looks but I'm sure it will be fine. Edited 11/01/14 07:38 AM by rednose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/01/14 07:39 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 07:39 AM I would love to see a car(such as yours) that cuts consistent times makes some pass on old oil then again on fresh oil. Results would be interesting I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 5m 5d Gender: Male Posted 11/01/14 07:52 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 07:52 AM Won't be long Luke, box is due for a service anyway, so as long as the box holds with the new turbo I'll post up the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 7m 25d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 11/01/14 08:56 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 08:56 AM there can be a difference with being compatible and being approved, unless an oil company pays ZF in this case to test and approve their oil, then it will not be approved, even if it is exactly the same, same manufacturers I think are claiming approval because it may be compatible.We stock Castrol oils at work, Castrol know many people were using Transmax Z with great results, but they would not recommend it themselves as they know they do not have ZF's approval Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/01/14 09:06 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 09:06 AM Suitable for use as per the manufacturers specs vs manufacturer approved for the warrantable life of the component as Ratter mentioned may at times only come down to paying for the Manufacturers approval.Who do you think makes LG6? (hint it's not ZF)I doubt gearbox warranty would be an issue for most of the people in this thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 5m 5d Gender: Male Posted 11/01/14 09:09 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 09:09 AM Sorry Mick but I don't understand your post, are you saying that GW is approved by ZF?<br /><br />There no oil apart from LG6 that is approved for the ZF HP26, the ford R128 oil is LG6 re bottled for ford.<br /><br />Would appreciate you answering my question in regards to which oil you would recommend if they were the same price as you have had great success with the GW.<br /><br />George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 7m 25d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 11/01/14 09:15 AM Share Posted 11/01/14 09:15 AM I would use the approved oil if they were the same price, we give any customers an option on which oil they want if getting their trans serviced.I'm not aware of official ZF approval on GW for our trans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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