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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: chris b on 15 April 2007, 17:48:58

Title: diff oil.
Post by: chris b on 15 April 2007, 17:48:58

hi there chaps. can eny one tell me what sort of diff oil i need? vx or other. the car is a 3.0 elite auto 1997 and 150000 miles? think mines shot it? :y

Title: Re: diff oil.
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 15 April 2007, 18:04:43

Check out this maintenance guide....

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1161520937

All the info you need......basicaly its a good quality 90 grade hypoid

Title: Re: diff oil.
Post by: chris b on 15 April 2007, 18:12:37

cheers m8 took your info in it is worse when pulling away round a bend? it`s not ex plod it just get driven hard.

Title: Re: diff oil.
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 15 April 2007, 20:06:48

Its worse when on a bend....in which cae it might be an LSD......I would use the BOA90LS....if its not an LSD it wont cause any damage.......if it is it will make all the difference.

Title: Re: diff oil.
Post by: chris b on 16 April 2007, 19:50:10

cheers marks dtm. have got the right oil and the lsd additive 2day doing it wendsday night also got your step by step guyd 2 do the job right. do i realy need 2 take the diff cover off? or do i just drane the oil out by slacken the bottom 3 bolts?  will all of this sharpin pull off speed as it dose tend 2 bog down sum times. :-/