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I know. I only use the 4WD option in snow or ice which there is little of in Delaware.That is really hard on the differential pinon gears thrust bearings. Not supposed to use 4X4 on hard surfaces.
I know. I only use the 4WD option in snow or ice which there is little of in Delaware.That is really hard on the differential pinon gears thrust bearings. Not supposed to use 4X4 on hard surfaces.
Seems odd but what Toyota and differential?I tried SVG 75W-110 3 times in my diff, and it made noise. Somehow my toyota diff doesnt like it. I now use Toyota 85W-90 mineral LSD gear oil, the diff is now quiet.
Toyota Soarer , same as supra mk3. I also have an odd observation about the amsoil SVG I bought. When pouring it into my container i noticed several "cotton" like shapes in the fluid. When i tried to touch the "cotton" it dispersed. It gave me the impression that it was either wax or additives out of suspension. I wonder if the local AMSOIL dealer is selling fake AMSOIL...Seems odd but what Toyota and differential?
Who did you buy it from?Toyota Soarer , same as supra mk3. I also have an odd observation about the amsoil SVG I bought. When pouring it into my container i noticed several "cotton" like shapes in the fluid. When i tried to touch the "cotton" it dispersed. It gave me the impression that it was either wax or additives out of suspension. I wonder if the local AMSOIL dealer is selling fake AMSOIL...
I can look up and see that it looks like that is the Malaysia authorized distributor. But beyond that, no idea.European Motor Oils – Vicson Malaysia
vicson-lubricant.com.my
Its not very far from where I live.
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Initially I chalked it to bad gear setup or damaged gears. But 3 times is a little too much. The whole oil turned dark within a few hundred km, whereas the toyota fluid retained its greenish hue. I still have the last blackened AMSOIL gear oil in a container.
I use the generic oil from Carquest. For like the last 250,000 miles. No issue with it in my 09 Tacoma 4 x 4Seems odd but what Toyota and differential?
For only $2.00 difference it would be a no brainer for an oil that will be in the diff for years. What's $2.00 one cup of coffee??Amsoil SVG (75W90) is $17.29
Valvoline 75W90 at Walmart is $15.12 (at least at my Walmart)
That is a rather insignificant price difference for something that is changed so infrequently (4-5 years).
Of interest though, that 540Rat guy had a specific comparison on his page with these two gear lubes and he failed the Amsoil and approved of the Valvoline. Whether that means anything in the real world or not I do not know. It's just one more speck of data.
For only $2.00 difference it would be a no brainer for an oil that will be in the diff for years. What's $2.00 one cup of coffee??
I think you need to smart about buying from Amsoil and be a preferred buyer then order $100 to get free shipping.1 qt of Amsoil SVG shipped to my door is $33.64
Valvoline Synthetic from Walmart picked through AAP is $16.18
It might be worth it at $2 but is it worth it at 2x the price?
I also had this experience with my 08 F-150 that called for 75w-140, I had about 50,000mi on the truck and ordered SG 75w-140 directly from Amsoil, a couple months later it really started making some noise when turning, I then ordered Amsoils diff lock additive and added to it and still could not get it to go away, it actually got quite bad to the point that I had to get it out of there and see what was going on, I ended up draining it, looking around in there and could not see anything wrong, picked up 4 qts of Schaeffers 75w-140xp from a Napa that carried it around me and the noise honestly went away in about 50 miles and never came back. I’m not a Schaeffers pusher and am not knocking Amsoil, I truly believe they make great products, but what ever it was about the Severe Gear and that Ford Limited Slip did not get along in my case and just curious if anyone else ever had that issue with it?I tried SVG 75W-110 3 times in my diff, and it made noise. Somehow my toyota diff doesnt like it. I now use Toyota 85W-90 mineral LSD gear oil, the diff is now quiet.
Did you take an oil sample and get an insolubles test and an ISO particle count? Visual tests do not tell you the condition of an oil, and without these two tests you have no data with which to claim the Amsoil filter didn’t do its job. There are several people here who have gotten particle counts (along with the ISO4548-12 test results) that show Amsoil sells very good filters in the EaO line.Late entry for post 299 above: Their claim about using the oil filter that is supposed to last 25000 miles is a complete sham. I tried it, and the oil came out very dirty. It took two more oil changes of short duration (3000 miles or so) to get the dirty oil out of the crank case.
Drained the FF out of my Ram at 5700 miles. It has a LSD rear (with clutches) - oil was clean.If you have a posi lock the oil will get dark because of the clutch material.
Was that the first fill of Amsoil? I wonder if there was some additive clash. There was some recent conversation of additive clash being a greater concern with driveline fluids than with engine oils.So while I believe Amsoil SVG gear oils are top notch I am beginning to wonder if they are worth the extra cost.
Had the rear diff gear oil changed in my F250 recently. The Indy shop guy said it was dark and needed to be changed. Front diff was changed also but he said it was not dark like the rear diff. I am not in 4WD mode very often.
The rear diff gear oil (Amsoil SVG) had 53K miles on it. Very minor amount of towing and only 50 miles with my boat on a trailer (9000 lbs) and seldom anything in the pickup bed. So I would not consider it severe use.
I am thinking Valvoline full synthetic would do as good a job for less cost than Amsoil SVG.
I would have expected the Amsoil SVG to go 100K miles before it looked dark.
It was the 2nd drain & fill of Amsoil SVG.Drained the FF out of my Ram at 5700 miles. It has a LSD rear (with clutches) - oil was clean.
Was that the first fill of Amsoil? I wonder if there was some additive clash. There was some recent conversation of additive clash being a greater concern with driveline fluids than with engine oils.