Subaru Forester 2014 2.5i PZEV ( California ) , with CVT
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rear differential gear oil change -- done 2015-March , 38k miles, first time changed rear differential oil.
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lower plug is Left ( with magnet ), upper plug is right ( no magnet ) , they are same size M18-1.5 ?
Upper and Lower plug are tight, I used PB blaster several hours before removing these 2 plugs.
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new valvoline 75w90 synthetic gear oil looks like
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old differential gear oil looks like with 40k miles out of which 12k are high way mile.
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Lower drain plug with Magnet looks like when I remove the plug. it has metal power attach to it.
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I used copper gasket which I bought it at pepboy auto store M18 gasket to replace black metal gasket originally was in it.
LEFT --copper gasket from Pepboy store, RIGHT -- Original Subaru Gasket on Plugs.
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