Right, i'm looking into replacing the gearbox oil when i put my shortshifter in (i doubt its been done before and at 140,000 miles i should think it would need it) i've done a bit of searching on here and looking at opie oils site and i just want to run through what oil i should/can use in my 5 speed manual
From what i've read i only need 1.1L as mines a 5 speed (6 speed uses 1.7L)
According to opie oils i should be using
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-981-fuchs-titan-sintofluid-sae-75w-80-synthetic-manual-transmission-fluid.aspx
but from another thread i see someone saying this stuff is better, and its a few quid cheaper.
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-739-castrol-syntrans-multivehicle-75w-90-fully-synthetic-mtf-replaces-smx-s-75w-85.aspx#
annoyingly i need two bottles so the few quid difference adds up a bit, given the poundland nature of my superlight project i don't want to be buying M&S gearbox oil when just good gearbox oil will do, and lets face it sometimes things that are recommended are priced up and something else that technically is just as good but doesn't have a seal of approval is cheaper and may even perform better.
So what are peoples thoughts,. Stop being a pikey and order the Fuchs stuff or is the other stuff better/just as good.
Alternatively Halfords stock these two
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_209375_langId_-1_categoryId_255220
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_222101_langId_-1_categoryId_255220#tab1
