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Newbie question on Prerunner diff oil

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by RobA, Dec 29, 2023.

  1. Dec 29, 2023 at 5:30 PM
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    RobA

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    Hello everyone,

    I'm the proud new owner of a 1998 Prerunner with only 310k miles. I'm going to replace all the fluids. I see Valvoline 75w90 full synthetic recommended for the differential in many posts. I went to buy some today but stopped when I saw the "Contains Limited Slip Additive" label on the pouch. I'm sure my plain vanilla Prerunner doesn't have an LSD.

    So will this oil be OK, or would something else be better?

    TIA

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  2. Dec 29, 2023 at 6:06 PM
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    Fish 2000

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    Regular 80w90 will work just fine.
     
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  3. Dec 29, 2023 at 6:19 PM
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    02hilux

    02hilux What do you mean there’s no road, I’m here

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    Yep, go non-synthetic. Even Walmart supertech 80w90 @ $6 buck a qt locally
     
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  4. Dec 29, 2023 at 10:07 PM
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    Area51Runner

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  5. Dec 29, 2023 at 11:20 PM
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    Nano909

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    It won't do anything negative to your diff. That being said, any GL5 fluid will be fine.
     
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  6. Dec 30, 2023 at 12:14 AM
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    RobA

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    Thanks to those who responded.
     
  7. Dec 30, 2023 at 12:26 AM
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    Wulf

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    Any 75w90, 80w90, or 74w140 will be just fine. Toyota diffs are happy to have any of em. LSD additive in the Valvoline won't cause ya want problems
     
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  8. Dec 30, 2023 at 5:20 AM
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    02hilux

    02hilux What do you mean there’s no road, I’m here

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    Yep, I'm running Castrol 85w140 non-synthetic

     

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