In an effort to help reduce wear would moving up to 85w140 be an improvement over 75w140?
This is in a CX-9 with a supposedly lifetime fill, no drain plug, .5qt capacity, and known for problems across a few different platforms.
When I do a drain and fill I'm only able to siphon a little over half of the gear oil out and every time it's grey with metal particles and lots of fuzz on the magnetic full plug.
I've been using Royal Purple Max gear 75w140 and was wondering if the 85w140 wold help more.
75w140= 195 @40 and 28.8 @100
85w140= 284 @40 and 26.8 @100
I was planning on sticking with the RP in an attempt to keep the make ups the same since I can't do a complete drain and fill.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!
This is in a CX-9 with a supposedly lifetime fill, no drain plug, .5qt capacity, and known for problems across a few different platforms.
When I do a drain and fill I'm only able to siphon a little over half of the gear oil out and every time it's grey with metal particles and lots of fuzz on the magnetic full plug.
I've been using Royal Purple Max gear 75w140 and was wondering if the 85w140 wold help more.
75w140= 195 @40 and 28.8 @100
85w140= 284 @40 and 26.8 @100
I was planning on sticking with the RP in an attempt to keep the make ups the same since I can't do a complete drain and fill.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!