4WD Maintenance

**mazdamazda** · October 18th, 2007 09:38 AM

speedy... sayang... sa Royal Purple website may SAE90 gear oil kc... will just outsource it then sa inyo na lang ang labor.

**speedyfix** · October 18th, 2007 10:31 AM

no problem... better to get multigrade though imo

**mazdamazda** · October 18th, 2007 10:58 AM

speedy, yup... pwede yata multi-grade oil... been reading up in rav4world.com

wouldn't it be too thin compared to the single viscosity that the manual is recommending?

**HardCharger** · October 18th, 2007 11:04 AM

I concur with speedyfix with this one.

I guess that it may have something to do with being a FWD?

**mazdamazda** · October 18th, 2007 11:07 AM

full-time AWD yung Rav4... nagtaka lang ako kasi iniba pa nil yung recommended oil viscosity for the transmission/frontdiff & transfercase/reardiff.

**afrasay** · October 18th, 2007 12:09 PM

depende din kasi sa load and metal components ng tranny, diffs and xcase kaya need iba ibang grade of oil for protection and lubrication.

**niwde11** · October 18th, 2007 12:36 PM

m2; sa trooper ko ordinary oil(engine oil) ang nsa transmission at transfer case. front and rear differential is lsd. common na rin talaga magkaiba.

**speedyfix** · October 21st, 2007 08:51 PM

mazdamazda, nope not really... multigrade just means it flows differently depending on the temp, pero here in manila you don't really get the full benefit of that since we are predominantly hot so your oil will flow mostly like the 2nd number

**nyagi** · October 23rd, 2007 12:00 PM

i think due na rin for maintenance ang differential oil ko. 76K reading na sa odometer but will check din sa manual.

sir speedy..
how much would it cost for a rav4.1 for this maintenance sa shop nyo? labor and materials. including transmission oil. A/T po ung rav.

thanks!