Saw these bags of Valvoline at Wally Worlds.
Price seems a bit high compared to M1.

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Dealership is charging $208 for transfer case and differentials. Is it worth it? Or are they charging way too much?

It depends on how much you feel like your time is worth honestly. I think that’s on the cheaper end for what dealerships usually charge.

Now that I have kids, my time has more monetary value IMO. So what I used to love doing myself I’ll now consider paying for, under the right circumstances, to assure my time is better spent elsewhere. This may or may not apply to you but I think that pricing is pretty fair from a dealership standpoint. Much higher than doing it yourself but not the $300-$400 I’ve been previously quoted.


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I'm doing mine myself and I paid $120 just for the fluids. i know the Toyota T Case fluid is WAY more expensive than the Royal Purple I'm using. if you're concerned about "Genuine Toyota" Fluid this seems like a fair price to me, but ill still save the $80 and do it myself.

I'd be willing to bet money that very few (if any) Toyota dealers in the US are using actual Genuine Toyota fluid for diff & t-case servicing by default. I know my dealer doesn't, or at least they didn't when I had them do the service on my previous FJ Cruiser. In fact if I remember correctly they told me they use the same bulk gear lube for all three.

You're absolutely right and keep in mind, Toyota has never and will never make oil. Someone else makes it, they stick their label on it and sell it for 3X more than it's worth. As far as the T case goes, that is a Toyota specific oil, bit they don't make that either. Last I heard, all Toyota branded oil was made by Mobil.

Courtesy of someone at the other 4Runner forum. No need to use the Toyota 75W t-case fluid unless you enjoy wasting money.

Thank you for posting this, confirming what the rest of us knew all along. Hopefully this can put to rest the damn misinformation from the OCD OEM oil pushers.

I see "Delvac" at Amazon but I dont see non-Delvac mobil. Will the Mobil Delvac apply both front and rear differentials too?

I just did my transfer case and differentials this weekend and used Redline 75W90 in the transfer case and Redline 75W85 in the differentials. 90K miles and the dealer was suppose to have changes the differentials under the maintenance plan but I could tell the front had never been touched - 1/8" of metallic goo on the magnet on the drain plug. Appears they had done the others as the fluid and magnets were fairly clean.

Good choice on the Redline, one of my favorite gear oils. I'm running Amsoil 70W90 in my diff's and TC, Transfer Case engages and shifts much better than the factory fluid. Let us know if you notice a difference with the Redline in the TC.

Video from Car Care Nut emphasizing GL4 for the Transfer Case manual transmissions and his opinion on the 75W Toyota fluid.
Which fluid to use for Toyota Diffs,Transfer Case and Manual transmissions - YouTube

Edit: GL-4 for Manual Transmissions not Transfer Cases

I'm using GL-5 in the transfer case, so I double checked to make sure it's OK. The Car Care Nut says use GL-4 in synchronized manual transmissions and GL-5 in the transfer case, front and rear differentials at time 12:30 to 12:45 in the video.

Yep, you’re right. I was spacing out there for a minute. The Delvac I run is GL-5 as well.

Good morning gents,

This is my first post.
New member from Canada.
Bought a (new to me) 2010’ LTD , w/ 183k km.

Using this thread, and after doing research I was able to easily follow these instructions.
I am not a “car guy” , and have only gotten my hands dirty a couple times doing oil changes.
As a hvac mechanic most of the auto stuff is fairly easy to learn. The problem is there’s so much info.
The 4Runner was specifically bought so I can learn to do my own repairs (and also for its size and utility!)



Only owning the 4R for 2 weeks, and with 183k km, I didn’t know what to expect in the front and rear differentials and t-case. Judging by the cars interior and undercarriage, it appears that the previous owner(s) took alright care of it.

To my (happy) surprise, none of the fluids looked too bad.
Rear diff was recently changed (looked like, maybe 1yr ago or less?)
T-Case came out like yellow honey- good,
The front diff was the worst, but still not terrible.

I was expecting sludge, but got fairly clean used oil.

Not much came off the magnets, indicated the service had been completed at some point.

Filled rear and front diff with motomaster(Crappy tire house brand ) 75w90 full synthetic gear oil (bought at a good price),
The t-case got filled with RP synchromax (as per this forum recommendation)

Truck is running great!
Only put 1k km on the odo since purchase tho.

I will add a few pics if possible when I get home to a computer.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS AND OPERATORS WHO CONTRIBUTE AND MAKE THIS SITE POSSIBLE!

Thanks guys,
-E

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