Gear Oil Poll

Royal Purple is what i just put in my truck oil and all, cost 300 bucks...but when i changed out my tranny fuild i promise i noticed a difference in how it shifted it was amazing stuff.

 

Manual Trans or Auto??

Motortro

 

Manual of course baby (the best kind of trans)

 

Did you use Max-Gear? what weight? Did it take the gear rattle out? How well did it work in very cold weather?

Motoretro

 

Max gear? whats that?

$29 75w-90 Synthetic Gear Lube - 1 Quart (Pack of 2)

75w-90
i didnt have gear rattle to start with
idk about cold weather its like 90 everyday in the atl...i just changed it last week.

 

Max Gear is the Royal Purple product for 05-09 Tacoma manual transmission w/ 4 cylinder which calls for 80-90 weight. No Gear rattle.....you must have a earlier Tacoma. Which RP product did you use? I believe the RP Syncromax product is for manual trans that uses a atf consistancy fluid.

Motoretro

 

Why 80W in the rear?

 

Wrong.
The '09 calls for 75W90 API GL5 in diffs and T-Case, GL4 or 5 okay in manual trans.

 

anyone use that?

 

Each dealer may be different. The dealer I bought my truck from said they participated in the Mobil-1 program, so everything they had was Mobile-1.

I also got to see how they have pipes attached to the ceiling that were distributed all over the work bays for the various types of liquids and lubricants. Each mechanics station/work bay had one of these systems.

Like this:



With any large distribution system it made me question the purity of the delivered product. At least I know when I buy it from the store my 5.5 quarts will be pure and not have any contaminants that could be introduced with a large distro system like my dealer had. It is probably fine though and I plan on having my first oil change at the dealer since its free.

Just a critical thought.

 

Amsoil in all three holes:

Severe gear 75W90

I'm not sure if my truck has a GL4 or GL5 transfer case though...

 

How are all your vehicle holding up. As far as the oil brands you used. I'm looking to change all fluids in my wife's 03 toy and I was leaning towards MT 90 but than I heard people where using redline

$29 75w 90 Synthetic Gear Lube - 1 Quart (Pack of 2)

75w 90 ns in tranny and MT 90 in the diffs.

 

I don't own any of those vehicles anymore - but I never had any problems with any of them. The oils I used were from recommendations of others who owned the same vehicles. If you're seeing two different types of recommendations - then they both work. Go for the least expensive option.

I used Mobile 1

$29 75w-90 Synthetic Gear Lube - 1 Quart (Pack of 2)

75w-90 in my 2007 tacoma diffs - although, with the mechanical LSD - the first time I used it, I had to put in 2 bottles of friction modifier. The next change, only 1.5 bottles.You don't have the mechanical LSD - so no worries there.

 

Mine is a 2WD - differential only. Any conventional

$29 75W-90 Synthetic Gear Lube - 1 Quart (Pack of 2)

75W-90 gear oil works just fine.

 

I use Amsoil in everything. It's very easy to get. I just hop onto their website and order it two oil changes at a time and order an extra bottle of whatever it is I need. It shows up a couple of days later. I've got a NAPA right around the corner from where I live that carries it as well. You'd be surprised how many Amsoil dealers there are that you'd never know were there in cities all over the country. There are a couple of other shops in my area that carry it as well. I actually am an Amsoil dealer (I think) but I don't pursue that. No time for it. I just paid the money to be one so I get it much cheaper. I use it because Amsoil pretty much invented synthetics way back in the 70's. They must know something. I changed over to Amsoil on an old Caddy I had years ago and the idle increased 200 rpm. I had to turn it back down.