DIY Servicing - seeking some recommendations!!

[drgtr]

Engine Oil - Penrite or Delo. Rating would be 10w-40 or 15w40. Personally Brand doesnt matter to me. They are both great. Remember everything seems anedoctal but it always comes down to these two lol. Penrite is Semi Synthetic. Delo im not sure but Delo 400 gold is excellent value. Problem is Delo is hard to get too. I definately will try one day.


Oil Filter - Look Im sure some super expensive ones have some over engineered over rated filtration that is not needed. Changing oil at 5000km on a TD42ti or 10 000kms on other diesel you can use any brand . Key is use good oil.


Power Steering Fluid - Just use your Automatic Trans Fluid.

Coolant - I just use Nulon and mix 40 percent coolant to 60 percent water. Personally everyone who has heating problems always just "drains" coolant. This does not not help one bit if your radiator is clogged inside. Better to undo and take to radiator shop
They will undo end tanks and rod clean nicely and reattach and seal end tanks.

Air filter - I have just bought K&N off ebay and been using that. Been checking and it works really well.

Tranmission Oil Manual- I just drained and used Castrol VMX-M recently with Nulon Smooth Glide additive. Its been great. Just make sure whatever you use its GL4 spec and not newer GL5 as they have some additive that
"apparently can corrode synchros".... Other people have used a mixture or just fully used Automatic Tranmission Fluid. ATF is way over specced compared to any Manual fluid as it has to work under much harder conditions like heat. Once again Anedoctal people have found much smoother shifts and quieter operations.



This is what works for me. Everyone has different views.

I hope this helps you somewhat.