And this right here is why you should never take your FJ to a dealer for anything outside of warranty work. If you had brought your FJ to them to do the fluid changes for you, they'd have charged you an arm and a leg, have no idea what they were doing, and likely have used the wrong oil.

 

Depends on the dealer. Some have better and more ethical service departments than others.

Your mileage may vary...

 

You are getting a line of BS. I sell a LOT of AMSOIL Severe Gear 75/90 to FJ/Tacoma customers. I even have several Toyota delaers here in the valley that sell it and install it for me! I hate whendealerships make such uneducated (read that scamming you) statements. I run it in my own rig and love it!

 

I just want to back that up with the fact that I reviewed the owners manuals all the from 2007 to present and they state a "GL-5 or Equivalent" which....is AMSOIL Severe Gear.

 

it states "Toyota transfer case gear oil LF or equivalent" nothing about GL-5.



At any rate, thanks for all the input. Going to pick up more gear oil and finish off my transfer case.

 

One of the guys even told me to go to an auto store and see if they have it on their shelves. He said, look for Valvoline, because thats who makes Toyota's oils.

Anyways, just completed both diffs and the tranny, will honestly say it was more tedious than I expected. Mainly because I had a cheap pump and it was my first time. getting my torque wrench was impossible to tighten the tranny fill bolt. and I couldn't really torque the front diff plugs because I used an allen wrench.

after all its said and done, definitely feel satisfied with doing it myself. I did note that the rear diff oil look good. the front diff looked a bit milky. and the tranny fluid looked ok. all drain bolts had some shavings with what I will describe as a thick, dark grey, grease.

will pick up a more gear oil for the tranny later.

thank you members for your input, opinions, and help. I would have never attempted this if it wasn't for previous members posting pictures and how to's.

 

Why do you think no one goes to the dealer for service? It's cause of things like this.


They basically told you they dont even know what they use which means they wouldn't even know if it was wrong

 

10 years, 110K miles on my 03 4R V8 full time 4WD, all with Amsoil SG 75/90. Not one issue. I changed out the gear oil every 36K miles, even though you can run longer.

I'm about to put in the same gear oil in my 13 TT.

 

FFS - Put some quality 75w/90 gear oil in there and be done with it...or just take it to the dealer and let them put in some magical toyota oil.

Its a freaking transfer case...As VNick said - a GL-5 or equivalent is stated in the manuals. :cheers:

 

Jelco,

Don't worry man, the transfer case and rear diffs in our FJs was the same that was in my tacoma from 96, there is nothing special or new about them. That said, GL4 or GL 5 will work. 75-80, 75-90, or even 75-110 will work perfectly fine.

I've had AMSOIL severe gear 75-110 in my Tcase for 130,000 miles on my FJ and my brother has severe gear 75-90 in his tacoma for almost 300,000. No issues, even when we disassembled them, no issues.

Go put Severe gear 75-90 in all those components and change it in 50,000 miles. I'm assuming you have a manual.

And remember there are not many mechanics left in this world, there are kids that can change oil, do what the OBDII tells them, but true mechs that grew up in shops, and live and breathe automotive work are far and few in between.

 

all my trucks use amsoil synthetics throughout

 

Im frustrated a bit too. Called a dealer today.

Parts guy said they have it in stock but will call me to confirm. He calls me back 1hr later to say they have it in barrels. He recommended me to buy redline/royral purpl which they sell lol. He then transferred me to the service tech for a quote on the cost. $79 for each diff.
They told me they use 75w85w for the diffs and 75w90 for the transfer case..
Of course they couldn't answer any warranty questions if i did it myself lol..

I have no problem doing the front,transfer,& rear with amsoil but it might bite me in the future if something goes wrong. (car is a 2012 with ext warrenty.)