Subaru CVT Front and Rear Differential Service

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[echardcore]

Love the confidence your videos give me. I hate bringing our 2011 Foz and WRX in for service. I always find something wrong when I get it back. Dirty headliner and steering wheel, grease caked on all lug nuts, dinged wheel, etc, etc, etc. No one treats your stuff how you would. Thanks!

[idkwhtimduin]

I have a 2014 this helps out a lot with self services. My oil stop place said they could not get the front differential fill plug off so I will try and attempt this. Thanks for the video more outback videos please!!

[napoleonrichardson]

Newton meters🤩🥰 like a true technician. My ol lady has a ‘12 outback that I work on. You’re gonna be my go to guy🤘🏽 thank you brother

[ggrebenyuk]

The rear drain/fill plug are HEX on my 2010 legacy. You make the process so simple. Thank you!

[chrisbaggesi]

I'm a Yamaha tech and they use the sealant on the drain and fill plugs as a lubricant, not a sealant . they also list torque like this 16-22 ft lbs, most think that is a range, it is not. the first number is spec with " wet " plug or fastener, the second number is for "dry". the only downside to installing plugs dry if a sealant is recommended is you may have to adjust torque accordingly. I.E. if spec is 16 ft lbs with sealant and you install dry you might be a little light on torque . just a manufacturer crossover thought. the Japanese definitely do things a little different .

[nmartin]

Good tip re: loosening that Rear fill plug first. I would be the person who would make that mistake!

[gregd]

Great video. I would never guess that you fill the front diff through a breather tube hole. How covert. Time to do this.

[excampopa]

FYI: the rear differential plugs on a 2015 Outback 3.6 are 10mm hex or maybe 9mm hard to tell with all the rust and corrosion, but definitely not 13mm square

[sekaf]

Very professional. No messing around. Right o it. LOVE IT!!! Thank you

[neilmiller]

We had such different journeys getting the rear diff cracked😂 This super helped get the job done

[BobMc]

Very informative! if I remember correctly your brothers is a 2011, mine is a 2010, and the difference underneath is night and day! Mine being from the North of Scotland, is looking quite rusted and corroded, that one looks brand new! Great video!

[brucebrantley]

I watched this video a before beginning my fluid changes. My 2015 Outback does not have a a fill tube. I was changing both differentials and cvt fluids. The rear diff was no problem. I couldn't find a fill plug for the front diff on the passenger side, but there was a plug a little above and behind the axel on the driver's side. I removed that plug and the cvt fill plug and then drained both fluids. I plugged the front diff and started to fill with 75w-90w gear oil. After two pumps fluid began to run out of the cvt drain. I immediately stopped and opened the diff plug to confirm that fluid was going into the cvt. It was. I did more research, eventually found the correct fill plug, pulled it out and filled the diff until fluid exited the check plug. At that point, I had used 1.5 qts of gear oil, meaning that between .1 and .2 quarts went into the cvt. My expectation is that almost all of it drained out right away. I believe that the amount of possible contamination is so small that it shouldn't matter. Do you have any advice?

[ca]

be cool if you put the model/year in the notes of each of your videos

[trekzilladmc]

I went to pick up the new gaskets for the plugs and asked if they use any sealant on the threads, and the shop foreman said that they don't. He even told me that they don't even usually replace the gaskets unless they're leaking. I bought them anyway for good measure.

[michaeleason]

Love my 2011 Outback 2.5i limited. Just swapped out my deferential oil. New struts new oem Subaru front cv axels. Rides like new!!!

[AllenReinecke]

Excellent video. Thanks.
Just completed my front and rear diff oil change which hasn't been done in 100K - my bad. At 164k vehicle miles, the oil was super clean, very little black debris on the magnets and minimal shiny stuff in the bottom of the oil pan after settling. Our 2011 Outback has been ultra-reliable, no rust (though that will change now we're back up north!) and still looks great.

[Uzbal]

Had a tech at a dealer tell me I couldn’t fill the Front Diff through the vent tube. I have a 1/4 inch tubing that fits properly over the nipple and fill it that way, so maybe that’s what the tech was referring to. I was skeptical of removing it like you did because of the gasket, but your method seems easier and I will do it that way.

[rustysruger]

Just did my 18 Crosstrek..Pretty much the same procedure except the front fill port has no vent just an 8mm hex plug..
I put Redline 75/85 full synth in mine..

[ChasWG]

With all the hate towards CVTs out there, I'd love to see a video from you all about the CVTs in the various Subarus, including the one in the late model WRX as that one seems different.
What's the life expectancy, care and maintenance, are they as bad as people say they are.

I ended up buying a 2020 WRX with the CVT and so far I've been loving it. I do a lot of diving on a daily and in a lot of bumper to bumper hwy traffic. So I'd love to know more about them from someone like you that really knows this stuff.
Thanks again for more great Subie content!

[rogerdckwrth]

Good video. Good idea to pull the overflow “show” plug before draining the front diff. Reason is what do you do if you drain and then cannot remove the show plug. Generally for all diffs, remove the fill plug before you drain the diff. Voice of experience 😢