# Gear Oil?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gear-oil/139565>\
**Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\
**Created:** [July 20, 2005, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gear-oil/139565 "2005-07-20T09:46:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![n1zm0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n1zm0/32/3302_2.png) [@n1zm0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n1zm0)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gear-oil/139565/1 "2005-07-20T09:46:14Z")

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So i was going to put some transmission/gear oil into the SR tranny, any suggestions on sae, Nissan dealership is in shop supply only (whatever) and my dealerships tranny oil is no suitable, anyone know what i should put in? (fancy redline stuff or just regualr gear oil …20w40 i hear?)

Tnx!

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**Author:** ![Inzane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b38774/32.png) [@Inzane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Inzane)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gear-oil/139565/2 "2005-07-20T11:36:23Z")

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Have you considered Redline MT-90?

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**Author:** ![n1zm0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n1zm0/32/3302_2.png) [@n1zm0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n1zm0)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gear-oil/139565/3 "2005-07-20T11:44:30Z")

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yeh, i will get that probably , but i want just oem Nissan gear oil, i was wondering if its the same as the ka24e’s tranny oil, most likely?

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**Author:** ![Nis240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9a28c/32.png) [@Nis240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nis240)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gear-oil/139565/4 "2005-07-20T18:54:53Z")

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As long as its GL-4 you can use it in the transmission

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**Author:** ![jdms13rhd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@jdms13rhd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdms13rhd)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gear-oil/139565/5 "2005-07-23T15:59:32Z")

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Dont forget V-LSD additive. I dont think redline has that. I just dump a tube of additive in before I fill mine.

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**Author:** ![craigcd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@craigcd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/craigcd)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gear-oil/139565/6 "2005-07-23T18:31:59Z")

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> [@Inzane](#):
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> Have you considered Redline MT-90?

My suggestion also.

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**Author:** ![1mns13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/8491ac/32.png) [@1mns13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1mns13)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gear-oil/139565/7 "2005-07-26T21:22:24Z")

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> [@jdms13rhd](#):
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> Dont forget V-LSD additive. I dont think redline has that. I just dump a tube of additive in before I fill mine.

Never heard of this. The VLSD is a sealed unit so no additive is necessary as per Nissan.

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**Author:** ![Nis240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9a28c/32.png) [@Nis240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nis240)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gear-oil/139565/8 "2005-07-26T21:35:33Z")

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> [@1mns13](#):
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> [quote=jdms13rhd]Dont forget V-LSD additive. I dont think redline has that. I just dump a tube of additive in before I fill mine.

Never heard of this. The VLSD is a sealed unit so no additive is necessary as per Nissan.[/quote]  
Correct. You only need the additive with clutch type diffs.