[xyphon112]

Being new to the whole bike thing I had a few questions about gearbox oil. In my cars the factory filled it with standard 10w-30 dino oil and never had a change interval. In my GL500, is there a way to change the gearbox oil? If so, should it be done and what type of oil should be used? I have a ton of Honda MTF (the new synthetic stuff) sitting in my garage that I was going to use in my car, but decided against it. Will that work?



I was also wondering if that MTF would work in the rear end for final drive oil. I know the manual says to use hypoid gear oil, but I'm not 100% sure what the Honda MTF is. Also, what is the service interval for the final drive oil?



Thanks.



edit: I tried doing a search, but the search function wont let me search for 'oil'.

 

[xyphon112]

Awesome. That's what I was after. Are synthetics a good idea to use in these engines or will just a straight 10w-40 dino oil suffice? I use Shell Rotella T 5w-40 in all my cars because it's designed for diesel/gas heavy machinery applications with turbochargers (API SM still) so it can stand up to the higher temps. I'm guessing something like that may be a little overkill, but I know some engines just don't take too kindly to synthetics.

 

[xyphon112]

I've been through the stickys at the top of the pages and found no mention of the correct oils to use. I frequent a few other car forums and it's a common question and gets old quick, even with a sticky. With the search function not working for 3 letter words and no reference to it in a sticky, I wanted to post before I went ahead and changed my oil.



Why do synthetics make the clutch slip?

 

[xyphon112]

Thanks for that, LRC. I use 5w 40 Rotella in all of my cars and in all of my friends cars as well. It is absolutely the bees knees as far as price and additive packs/protection. I much prefer it over Mobil 1.