Recent content by XJR_Boy

I'm not sure about the 8 speed zf but my Jaguar uses the zf 6 speed. I bought an aftermarket larger capacity finned aluminium pan complete with neoprene gasket and new bolts which I decided to swap for studs (my choice) it has a $35.00au replaceble filter with the kit for $450.00au There's also...

Just bought 20 liters of Penrite 10W40 Pao on special for $280.00au delivered with a K&N oil filter. I'd previously been using Hi-Tec oils PAO 10w50 with a Bosch 72208ws Premium filter in my 2005 Jaguar XJ8 with headers 200 Cel metal cats and K&N panel filter and remap to suit. The Hi-Tec,s...

Thanks guy's I knew i could count on info on bitog. I noticed the acea b4 rating and wasn't sure I'm going to do a flush first got a good quality flush then had planned to do another oil change at 5000 and by then what I've got should be all gone and get a correct specification and engine should...

Hi all another question in 2 days who'd have thought oil could cause so much confusion My stepsons Australian ranger which uses a 3.2 liter 5 cylinder diesel engine type P5AT has had an oil pump failure due to neglect I'm trying to sort the issues and have plenty of oil in storage and wanted...

Picture of the oil bellow of what I was going to use in gearbox,transfer case and diffs In the gearbox seems too big a jump in viscosity I'll stick to specs for that I think From what I've read on here and also spoken to professional gearbox builders the transfer case has Gears not chain so...

Thanks guys! I've got a 20 litre drum of 85w140 full synthetic trying to save the young fellow some money and just doubted myself hope you all had a great Christmas and holidays

Hi all been a while since posting! I'm in need of the brains trust of bitog. I'm trying to get my son in laws Australian ranger 3.2 diesel sorted after a serious deficit in Maintenance. It's done 280.000 kilometres and the transmission (manual) , transfer case and differentials have never been...

DV0993. At $200au less it's a no brainer! I'm also in Aus just north of Brissie so far everything you've described makes the Briggs and Stratton sounds like a good one. The contractors saying they like it because it's lite sounds good to me also the catcher full guage reminds me my father's...

I'm recovering from MVA Dec 2020 then a fall Dec 2021.I used my brother's self propelled Honda last week it's noisey and heavy ! I have a generic base 21 inch cut powered by a kawasaki FJ 180V engine it's the quietest easy to start I've ever owned.I had to use ear muffs on the Honda. Before...

Bee's wax with Aloe Vera to make it spread I use it on every piece of leather I own including my bike gear which some of it is 25 years old and always gets comment's when it time to bring out the leathers in winter I always rub it in by hand no cloths work it in leave it use sparingly The XJ8...

Only when I change pads and rotors with my XJ8 and the wife’s Jeep GC I have gone for stop tech cryoed rotors and akebono pads wheels never need cleaning again just warm water and soap from the day I started using these pads love them

Thanks Guys I have had a tune installed in all my diesels that switches of the EGR valves and fitted provent 200,s to all my vehicles when I service them I inspect the inlets and so forth they are dry as no oil vapour seems to be getting through both my vehicles are now reaching the 100,000k...

Hi All Been a while since I have posted I am trying to find out about pro vent filter by Mann hummel These filter's are a coalescing type from what I hear I have 2 of them connected to my late model CRD diesel engines and they work really well stops any oil from the PCV entering the air...

Thanks guy's When I fitted the provent's I didn't remove any restrictions just plumbed them in line where the crankcase line went from cover to inlet manifold on the Jeep I even used the original hose because it had some sort of design we thought was a restrictor of some sort I have just...

Thanks guys but not the answer I needed I don't care about the price of it When I blew an oil filter in central Australia it cost 2 grand to get the bike back home It had blown the oil filter up as soon as the oil started pouring out of it I killed the engine with lots of different guy's...