My books says to run 75-90 in the front and 75-140 in the rear and that is what i run. Now if i did not have one of the other i wouldn't hesitate to fill both diffs with the same fluid. Park it on level ground and fill till it poors out. I cant see a half inch below the fill hole let alone a whole inch. Check your diff fluids for low levels, mud or water every now and then.

 

My books says to run 75-90 in the front and 75-140 in the rear and that is what i run. Now if i did not have one of the other i wouldn't hesitate to fill both diffs with the same fluid. Park it on level ground and fill till it poors out. I cant see a half inch below the fill hole let alone a whole inch. Check your diff fluids for low levels, mud or water every now and then.

Your first sentence is correct, the rest of your post is inaccurate. If you fill the rear pot until it pours out, there will not be adequate room when the oil expands with the heat & you could blow a seal. Use a small wire with a 90 degree bend @ 1 1/4" from the end of the wire for checking proper oil level. As for gear lubes 75-90 and 75-140 are not in the same ball park. Your last sentence is also correct.

 

Dealer is wrong
75w90 front
75w140 gearbox and rear

 

Thanks guys I drained the rear out today and refilled with 75-140... just seems weird how the front takes 500ml and rear only takes half of that at 250ml


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How did the oil look after 260 miles I have a little over 400 and have not changed it yet?

 

My front diff fluid was nice and clear the rear diff fluid was pretty bad though


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I changed mine at 145 miles and it was clearly ready to be changed. Had a very metallic look to it, better safe than sorry. Refilled with specified full synthetic fluids till I seen it flow out of the fill hole. It's cheap insurance, 400 miles, I would like to see how that looks, I would change that before you hit the trails.

 

Mine is a 2016 outlander max xt do you think the level would be the same? Just picked the rear diff oil at walmart it is full synthetic non synthetic was 85/140 and a lot cheaper.

 

I put the recommended ml amount from the manual and checked it with a wire like mentioned. Its nearly bang on. Just follow the manual

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Bingo. That’s what I do too....measure it.

 

OK I drained the rear diff tonight the oil coming out was beautiful. I measured the new oil and put it in and used a wire bent at 1 1/4 inches the oil level was just shy of an inch below the fill plug hole. The temp here was in the low thirties today so I am sure there could have been a bit of oil in the diff yet. I meant to measure it before draining but forgot. After seeing the rear oil I didn't bother to do the front the owners manual as far as I can tell says change at 4000 miles or 200 hours I do not mud or beat my machine I think I will wait until at least a thousand miles before changing again.

 

The measure of an 1 1/4 is for g1 diffs , it is 9/16 for the rear of the g2 diffs.

 

Thank you I topped it up tonight I should be good to go.:smile

 

Rear fill plug is 6 mil hex Drain plug is 5 mil hex Front is t-30 and t-40

 

I just changed the rear axle CVT Boots on my 2007 Outlander and am wondering if anyone knows if you need to top off or change the diff fluid after taking the axles out of the diff?

 

I just changed the rear axle CV Boots on my 2007 Outlander and am wondering if anyone knows if you need to top off or change the diff fluid after taking the axles out of the diff?

If no oil came out , one could assume that the existing level will be the same .
However , if the oil was (too) low to begin with , it wouldn't have come out when you pulled the inner shaft out .
IMO , it's NEVER wrong to check / change fluids .
Clean oil is good oil
Peace of mind is priceless .
-Bonz

 

Why not just check it for piece of mind?