Subaru LSD Oil?

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Mattheww044
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Subaru LSD Oil?

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https://www.subarugenuineparts.com/prod ... ts_id=1063

Has anyone ever heard of/used this stuff? I would imagine it should do just fine, but I've never heard of it or seen it so thought I'd share the find and see if anyone has any feedback on it.
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Re: Subaru LSD Oil?

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If you have a mechanical LSD like the old loyales had or a r180 helical sti diff, yea use this or redline no slip. If you have a viscous LSD unit use plain old 75w90 because the limited slip part of your diff doesn't share oil with the rest. It is self contained.
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Re: Subaru LSD Oil?

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Deride wrote:If you have a viscous LSD unit use plain old 75w90 because the limited slip part of your diff doesn't share oil with the rest. It is self contained.
And the fluid can't be refilled and replaced.
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Re: Subaru LSD Oil?

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how do you read the lsd oil level if their separate?
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Re: Subaru LSD Oil?

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You don't, either your LSD works or it does not.
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Re: Subaru LSD Oil?

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Oh OK I see what your saying... The LSD part of the diff is seperate from the rest, so no need to buy lsd fluid since all your replacing is the fluid in the "non-lsd" compartment? Sorry if that sounds dumb, but I've never seen inside one of these diffs. I should have taken one apart when I had a few extras, but I sold them so didn't wanna mess anything up
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Re: Subaru LSD Oil?

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Fubaru wrote:how do you read the lsd oil level if their separate?
It's sealed so the oil level won't change.
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Re: Subaru LSD Oil?

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Can be used in any rear LSD Differential
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