Affordable 75w GL-4 Fluid

[Rednexus]

Curious. If you do a lot of water crossings have you relocated your diff breathers?

Yes. And the rear still gets water in it. A hot diff, when submerged in 40F creek water, will pull in some moisture past the seals. Not a lot, but it's apparent in annual changes. The front stays decently clean and the TC stays very clean. The rear is gross after a year. My GX also gets worked hard towing.

 

[snydmax]

At the risk of resurrecting an old thread... the Owner's Manual clearly calls out 75w90 GL-5 Hypoid for the transfer case... not GL-4 and not SAE90W

 

[thescreensavers]

At the risk of resurrecting an old thread... the Owner's Manual clearly calls out 75w90 GL-5 Hypoid for the transfer case... not GL-4 and not SAE90WView attachment 4147964

This is a 460 thread but yea I believe the 470s TC does ask for 75w90

 

[Washingtontaco]

I just used Blauparts "kit" for diffs and TC, at ~60k. Best of all it was easy to source. (And seems similar price to Febi per L)

https://www.blauparts.com/lexus-gx460-transfer-case-differential-fluid-change-kit.html

Anyone else consider using Blauparts products? especially for TC?

Been using the Ravenal since I changed the transfer case fluid at 30,000 miles. Now at 95,000. Good stuff. Buy it when Bluparts has a holiday sale. I thinks its only 2 liters. The dispensing of the fluid from that bottle is awesome.