fluids for 1991 1HZ diesel 80 series GXL

I have a 94 Troopy , I just use the shell Diesel oil usually but last oil change [10,000] I used bleep s bleep s.com.au/" target="EOF" class="lbg">www. bleep s.com.au/ , and I always add Wynns ,or Nulon friction proof to the engine and it is also in the 2 diffs and gearbox/transfer case, most of the accessories places have the little tubes which is 1 for each diff and transfer/gearbox, My engine now has 628,000klm/

Doug

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Engine Oil: any 15W40 diesel engine oil currently available will be fine. I'm currently using Gulf Western (CI-4) - cost me $66 for 20litres from the truck shop.
Gearbox and Transfer: Castrol VMX-M and Valvoline Duragear 75/85 get over the cold shift problems.
Front and Rear diffs: I use any LS90 oil in both - Valvoline or F U C H S lately. LS90 is fine in a front diff even though its not limited slip.
Brake Fluid: Toyota tell you to only use DOT3 which is pretty much unobtainable from the shops. I get the Toyota stuff which costs the same anyway.
Coolant: I only use the Toyota Red because thats what came with the vehicle, and I avoid miximg coolants and the cost of the genuine stuff is fine.

Husky,

I recently updated my old Disco to a 105 series Toyota with the 1HZ and have researched oils quite a lot and came up with a few guidelines. Take them as you may. This information comes from the archives of various oil forums and the LCOOL Yahoo group.

Engine Oil: The 1HZ is a japanese diesel and as such, you should use an oil specified for japanese diesels. Most of the 15W40 oils available such as Castrol RX super, Turbomax, Shell Rimula X etc etc are not specifically specced for these type of diesels. The only ones I personally know of are Castrol J-Max and Caltex CXJ, which is what I now use.
Front Diff: Any good quality diff oil 80/90 will suffice.
Manual Transmission: I use Castrol VMX-M 75/85 (from memory) apparently helps with cold shifting and 'notchy' 2nd gear.
Rear LSD: Any good 90 oli specced for LSD...ie Castrol LSX
Transfer Case: Castrol Multitrax 75/90.
Brake Fluid: Ensure you only use Dot 3 as Dot 4 will stuff the seals in the brake system apparently.

This list is not exhaustive by any means, but is what I use and can source relatively easily and cheaply.

Hope this helps,

Cheers,

Mark

I was browsing THAT oil site ....yeh that one ...the F one and found they have a link down the left side called "Which oil do I use " it has all the makes and models listed

TOYOTA
Land Cruiser HZJ80, 1HZ Diesel, 4x4 (1990-1997)

Crankcase
TITAN ULTRALUBE 1540 or TITAN UNIVERSAL HD 15W40
Service Refill Capacity: 9.3* Litres (See Note 348)
Manual Transmission
TITAN GEAR 75W90
Service Refill Capacity: 2.6 Litres (See Note 57)
Differential
TITAN GEAR LS 90
Service Refill Capacity: 2.5 Litres (See Note 15)
Power Steering
TITAN ATF 3000
4WD Transfer
TITAN GEAR 75W90
Service Refill Capacity: 1.3 Litres
4WD Differential
TITAN GEAR LS 90
Service Refill Capacity: 2.6 Litres