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Old 02-05-2020, 05:26 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by AT-JeffT View Post

I've always had stock Subaru Fluid 75w-90 in the trans, changed at regular intervals. I changed the fluid 1K miles ago which helped, but now it's difficult again.

If you're using Subaru gear lube, it's GL5. Not long-term healthy for our transmissions. Toyota recommends using their LV 75W GL4 transmission fluid as a replacement for the factory GL3 fill. GL3/4 are yellow metal friendly. GL5 is not.
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