What transmission oil and gear oil should i use for my 240?

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Kouki_Projekt
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As title states, i cant decide on which transmission oil to use for my 240. i have a 1998 240sx, Stock Ka24de. Ive heard about Royal purple, Redline but idk what to use for MY 98 KA24DE , i need some oil for my transmission and gear so if someone could recommend me somethin that would be great, oh and tell me where i can get it too.
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really anything would work, but i preffer and run mobil1 or redline

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Ive heard mixed opinions about royal purple, but I am trying it in my SR trans...we will see. Autozone carries most, Napa prolly too

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I used redline MT90 Gl4. Works good for me

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im using vavoline 80w-90 gear oil...

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i forgot valvoline. they got good stuff too. i also heard mixed things about the purple, but honestly im just not willing to pay that much for oil

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W/e it came with 20 years ago.

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oh and transmission and gear oil is different right? lol this is gonna be my first time changin out my transmission oil, if so how many quarts do i use for each?

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pandapants wrote:W/e it came with 20 years ago.
FTW! this thread is now done. lock it

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fck off if your not gonna post up anything that will help me.

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Kouki_Projekt wrote:oh and transmission and gear oil is different right? lol this is gonna be my first time changin out my transmission oil, if so how many quarts do i use for each?
transmission oil as in automatic transmission fluid is definately different than a manual transmission's gear oil.

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ya i have a manual transmission, so does that mean for me that gear oil is what i should put into my transmission?

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since a transmission is made of a bunch of gears, gear oil is best...

and 2.5-2.8 quarts should fill her up!

fill it up when its bolted on the engine and take it out the side bolt and fill it up when the car is level... when oil starts coming out the side your full

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if you looked like....anywhere, you'd have found answers

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yeah bro search more before u post..anyways if u want the best oil money can buy u get AMSOIL.

im gonna be running amsoil gear and transmission oil real soon since i baby it..and KOUKIS are worth it!

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Kouki_Projekt wrote:oh and transmission and gear oil is different right? lol this is gonna be my first time changin out my transmission oil, if so how many quarts do i use for each?
takes 2.5-2.8

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sry guys, still new to this :P thnx for the input


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