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1600 steering box oil

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:25 pm
by hsepwr
My steering box in the 1600 was leaking so I pulled it to bits and fixed it.
Can anyone confirm what oil is ment to be in these so I can sort it out.

cheers

Re: 1600 steering box oil

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:47 pm
by grant76
its the same as diff and gearbox isn't it??

Re: 1600 steering box oil

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:53 pm
by hsepwr
thats what i thought

Re: 1600 steering box oil

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:24 pm
by grant76
do you have a workshop manual, states all fluids needed in there. I think its castrol hypoid ep90 gearbox and diff oil (thats from memory and my memory is notoriously poor from a misspent youth!!)

Re: 1600 steering box oil

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:40 am
by Bartman
Id use something like moreys or lucas heavy duty oil stabiliser. I dunno what your suposed to use, but with so few moving parts I doubt you could go wrong with that stuff.

Re: 1600 steering box oil

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:52 am
by Dattodevil
any extreme pressure oil will do.

Re: 1600 steering box oil

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:21 am
by hsepwr
when you say extreme damon do you mean gearbox/diff oil

Re: 1600 steering box oil

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:33 pm
by mint16
Bartman wrote:Id use something like moreys or lucas heavy duty oil stabiliser. I dunno what your suposed to use, but with so few moving parts I doubt you could go wrong with that stuff.
how thick is this heavy duty oil stabiliser?
i wouldnt say theres few moving parts, the ball nut on the column is filled with ball bearings, about 36 from memory.

Hypoid gear oil 90 EP is whats stated for steering boxs, so an 85w90 gearbox/diff oil would be perfect.

Re: 1600 steering box oil

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 3:36 pm
by Bartman
You can run moreys/lucas in gearboxes and diffs, so it should be okay for a steering box. It sticks like shit to a blanket, so There would be zero chance of any parts of the steering box going unprotected.

Re: 1600 steering box oil

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:47 pm
by Dattodevil
Extreme pressure (EP) most diff oils