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Old 8th February 2013, 10:50   #121
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Re: How often should we change gear oil?

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Alto (800 cc) manual recommends Gear-Oil change at 20,000 km.
It is 2 years or 20,000 KM. At MSM they changed the gear oil for my car during the 24 month service, though the odo was only at 10,000 KM.
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Old 8th February 2013, 11:09   #122
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Re: How often should we change gear oil?

My trusted mechanic in Castrol pit stop in Total Mall, Sarjapur road says once in 25-30k kms interval is ideal. But there is no way otherwise to check whether the oil has been changed or not at *** without lifting up the vehicle.

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Re: ARTICLE: Synthetic oil vs Mineral oil

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Total brand too, there is no 75W90 sold in the market. I am not finding even one brand in the market selling 75W90 which is OEM specification.
Yeah but Total brand I got is GL-4 80-w90 and within spec for my Gypsy.

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My trusted mechanic in Castrol pit stop in Total Mall, Sarjapur road says once in 25-30k kms interval is ideal. But there is no way otherwise to check whether the oil has been changed or not at *** without lifting up the vehicle.
Always have all the oils changed in front of you. If you dont have the rapport and response from service station for that, then change your service station.

When changing differential oil for example I closely oversaw the oil draining, how long to let it drip the last drops, and even measured and poured it for the mechanic into his custom container.

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Old 8th February 2013, 11:34   #125
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Re: How often should we change gear oil?

I agree, thats the only reason I stick to this place for anything other than basic service because they do the work in front of us. Both Abdul and Kishan are good and know them now for 3 years.
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Old 25th February 2013, 20:33   #126
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Re: How often should we change gear oil?

Can any one recommend a good gear oil? APIGL - 4 SAE 75w/90. For Hyundai Accent petrol.
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Re: How often should we change gear oil?

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Can any one recommend a good gear oil? APIGL - 4 SAE 75w/90. For Hyundai Accent petrol.
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Unfortunately you do not get 75W90 in the market, only A.S.S get it from shell in 20 litres barrels.

We must write an email to shell to start selling 75W90 in 1 litre packings in the open market too.
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We must write an email to shell to start selling 75W90 in 1 litre packings in the open market too.
Will write an email to them.

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Re: How often should we change gear oil?

I used Shell Spirax 80W90 in my Swift K-Series even though 75W90 was recommended since it was not available. It seems 75W90 is only sold in bigger packs. Googling I found that HP, Servo have it but not sure of the package size. I have written to Fuchs regarding pack sizes. GSCaltex sells in bigg packs and I asked them to consider selling smaller packs since there is a vaccum in the market.

Looking at the article below, it seems 80W90 will work fine for us who don't live in the hills: http://gasgasrider.org/html/gear_oil_evaluation.html
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Re: How often should we change gear oil?

For Honda City, the manual transmission oil change interval is 60,000 KMs. For Maruti WagonR, it is 20,000 KMs.
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Re: How often should we change gear oil?

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For Maruti WagonR, it is 20,000 KMs.
Are you sure of the interval for the WagonR? I was expecting it be above 60,000 kms. Any reason for such a short interval?

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Are you sure of the interval for the WagonR? I was expecting it be above 60,000 kms. Any reason for such a short interval?

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Yes it is indeed 20,000 kms - mentioned in the manual.
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Re: How often should we change gear oil?

Good resource for learning about Gear Oils: http://www.substech.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=gear_oils
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Re: How often should we change gear oil?

Can anyone update the Gear oil change interval for the Figo TDCi?
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Re: How often should we change gear oil?

^^ It is always XX Kms or YY months, whichever is earlier. Just like engine oil. If you check your manual, it will be mentioned there.
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