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Why does the manual say I don't ever need to change my diff oil?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by TexasTacoma37, Mar 23, 2011.

  1. Mar 23, 2011 at 1:05 PM
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    TexasTacoma37

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    I'm coming up on 30K miles here so I was looking at the "Scheduled Maintenance Guide" that came with my owners manual.

    It says that at 30K, the rear diff oil change is recommended "only for Preunners and 4wd vehicles with an optional limited slip differential". It goes on to say that those trucks without a limited slip only need to "inspect" the diff oil....I have a 2009 Prerunner SR5, which does not have a mechanical LSD.

    So I got to looking through the other mileages and at no point at all does it say the diff oil in a non-lsd truck needs to be changed, ever.

    This seems ridiculous to me, and I'm going to change the diff oil at 30K regardless, unless someone convinces me otherwise.

    I wanted to see what others have to say about this, or am I just reading it wrong? :notsure:
     
  2. Mar 23, 2011 at 1:08 PM
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    BrokenTusk

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    I'm sitting at the 50,242 km mark right now. I'll be changing mine come spring regardless
     
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    I think it means change as needed. I would go ahead and change it too, it wont hurt.
     
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    That's what I assume, but one would think that Toyota might suggest that it would be "needed" at some point in the first 120,000 miles of the life of the vehicle :laugh:
     
  6. Mar 23, 2011 at 1:34 PM
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    steve o 77

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    I would switch it over to synthetic and let that go 60k.
     
  7. Mar 23, 2011 at 1:35 PM
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    Did the oil look like it needed to be changed in your opinion?
     

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