I was at all local auto parts stores around my house and there is not too many choices for gear oil, specially 75W90. some places have their own store brand in that weight, but I don't know if I want to put some cheap no-name gear oil in my truck. the only convensional name brand gear oil I found was Valvoline. even that was $6 a quart. what do you guys suggest and where can I find it?
what is a good 75W-90 gear oil?
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Check your Ford dealer, they should have synthetic in stock.
Bill in Utah
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Is this for a diff or transmission?
I'd recommend (and I'm not someone who drops names often) ordering some Amsoil gear lube from our site sponsors.
I've used a few brands and found a WORLD of difference (for manual transmissions) between oils.
Its something you leave in for many miles. I've had a top major name brand gear oil be spent within 40k miles and the Amsoil I've got so far 80k on it and all is like new.
Give us more info and maybe we can suggest something.
Bill
Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
Is this for a diff or transmission?
I'd recommend (and I'm not someone who drops names often) ordering some Amsoil gear lube from our site sponsors.
I've used a few brands and found a WORLD of difference (for manual transmissions) between oils.
Its something you leave in for many miles. I've had a top major name brand gear oil be spent within 40k miles and the Amsoil I've got so far 80k on it and all is like new.
Give us more info and maybe we can suggest something.
Bill
Originally Posted By: Deer_Slayer
I was at all local auto parts stores around my house and there is not too many choices for gear oil, specially 75W90. some places have their own store brand in that weight, but I don't know if I want to put some cheap no-name gear oil in my truck. the only convensional name brand gear oil I found was Valvoline. even that was $6 a quart. what do you guys suggest and where can I find it?
Bill in Utah
Staff member
Originally Posted By: Deer_Slayer
Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
Is this for a diff or transmission?
I'd recommend (and I'm not someone who drops names often) ordering some Amsoil gear lube from our site sponsors.
I've used a few brands and found a WORLD of difference (for manual transmissions) between oils.
Its something you leave in for many miles. I've had a top major name brand gear oil be spent within 40k miles and the Amsoil I've got so far 80k on it and all is like new.
Give us more info and maybe we can suggest something.
Bill
Bill in Utah
Staff member
Originally Posted By: Whitewolf
Originally Posted By: Deer_Slayer
I was at all local auto parts stores around my house and there is not too many choices for gear oil, specially 75W90. some places have their own store brand in that weight, but I don't know if I want to put some cheap no-name gear oil in my truck. the only convensional name brand gear oil I found was Valvoline. even that was $6 a quart. what do you guys suggest and where can I find it?
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" 2008 Tacoma 4 cylinder 4x4 with manual transmission"
Originally Posted By: Whitewolf
Originally Posted By: Deer_Slayer
I was at all local auto parts stores around my house and there is not too many choices for gear oil, specially 75W90. some places have their own store brand in that weight, but I don't know if I want to put some cheap no-name gear oil in my truck. the only convensional name brand gear oil I found was Valvoline. even that was $6 a quart. what do you guys suggest and where can I find it?
JHZR2
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amsoil severe gear. 75w-90 or 110 depending on use.
Motul Gear 300 is another good oil, but expensive. I'm running it currently in the Forester (tranny and rear diff) and it shifts great.
I will also be looking for alternatives for my next tranny/diff change. Amsoil mt lubes have served me well in the past and I will be considering svg/svt for the Forester.
Bill in Utah
Staff member
If you get some of the Amsoil for the Subaru diffs, GET the 75-110 for them.
75-90 DOES cause them to make some noise! A little 145wt took the noise away.
Bill
I have read that in one of your threads from the past regarding the 110 weight. I'm looking for feedback from subie 5mt owners who are running amsoil in the tranny. Know anyone?
Bill in Utah
Staff member
I don't.
But would think it would be ok there.
Pablo may have some input?
Bill
Any 75w90 full synthetic for the front/rear ends and the transfer case would be perfect.
For the manual, I would use Redline MT90 or Amsoil MTG. There aren't too many store bought gear oils that shift well with the manual tranny. Nissan has a great GL4 75w85 for your manual.
If on a budget, any name brand 80w90 or 75w90 would also be good for 30k intervals.
For the rearend, I heard plenty of noises from Nissan rearends. I would consider a 75w110 or 75w140 if yours is whiney.
Originally Posted By: webfors
I have read that in one of your threads from the past regarding the 110 weight. I'm looking for feedback from subie 5mt owners who are running amsoil in the tranny. Know anyone?
Redline makes a great 75w-90. I am running it in my tacoma. Very smooth. Second would be Amsoil SVG!
Given the choice, I would go with either the Redline MT-90 or Amsoil MTG 75W-90 GL-4 lubes in a Toyota manual gearbox over one of the GL-5 choices available. The exception would be Redline 75W-90NS GL-5 if you want to use the same fluid for all 4 fills on the truck. This would keep it simple.
Originally Posted By: bmwtechguy
Given the choice, I would go with either the Redline MT-90 or Amsoil MTG 75W-90 GL-4 lubes in a Toyota manual gearbox over one of the GL-5 choices available. The exception would be Redline 75W-90NS GL-5 if you want to use the same fluid for all 4 fills on the truck. This would keep it simple.
I'm using Redline MT-90 in my '07 Corolla. On the Corolla boards, that's the #1 recommended manual transaxle lubricant.
In my own car, there was a 100% improvement, and the old stuff wasn't really even dark (only 20k miles on the car when I changed it). The shifter is just snick-snickity smooth now. It glides in and out of gear with just a finger tip's effort. Cold shifting is probably 50% improved, but what I was surprised about was the warm weather shifting. It's 100% better. I can't recommend this stuff enough.
I bought my 2 quarts (the Corolla takes 2 quarts EXACTLY) from Redline directly. $15 each shipped, so $30 for the whole deal. It took about 10 minutes in the garage to change it. Super super easy. I tried finding local Redline distributors, but had little luck finding anyone who would sell me less than a case.
Good luck! You'll love the MT-90.
