Just got off the phone with the dealership...

The service record showed that it was filled with the Honda Dual Pump Fluid, which is not the right one. But since it had been almost 6 months and 7,000 miles, again, so far so good, I thought maybe the service folks have no clue whats going on, so I hung up and called parts.

"The Dual Pump comes in gallon bottles, VTM4 comes in quarts, they are for the CRV and the Element, S2000's gear oil only comes in 55-gallon drums" according to the parts guy. He then said that the techs know not to mix up CRV's gear oil for Element, and vice versa, so it is very unlikely that the tech would accept either the Dual Pump or the VTM4 when he asks for S2000's gear oil, nor would the parts guy hand those out for a S2000.

The parts guy I talked to was very helpful, and 6 months / 7,000 miles is pretty much a proven evidence itself, but I will def be tuning in for any weird noises.

 

I seriously doubt the validity of this statement. Since the S2000's diff fluid is unique from all other Honda car products (not counting Acura here) and since Honda has already admitted that their car division has NO "in-house" diff fluid for our cars (at least Honda Canada), they sure wouldn't keep it in 55 gal. drums.

Can they tell you the specs on this fluid they keep in 55 gal. drums? Viscosity? Synthetic or non? GL rating?

 

Well, just got back from the dealer-- went with a friend of mine that used to work there.

The rear diff fractured (didn't entirely grenade). They are ordering parts Monday to repair/replace-- UNDER WARRANTY (/cheer).

They suggested that I might want to purchase some "thing" off the web that inserts into the rear diff that strengthens it... They are supposed to get me the url-- anyone have any clue what they are talking about? Its supposed to be some metal insert that helps deal with the "torque".

-- Aaron

 

Called the parts guy again, its a GL5 90W gear oil. And just out of curiosity, I called the dealership where I purchased my car, the parts guy was not as knowledgable and had to put me on hold to check - as it turned out, they also use a gear oil that comes in 55 gallon drum but a GL4 90W. Both non-synthetic.

 

This is that "thing":
http://marketplace.s2ki.com/s2ki/product.p...8&cat=13&page=1

Hardtopguy also sells it.

(I take it you can't find out or won't find out what fluid was in there nor do you care? Oh well, we're only trying to help. If they put the wrong fluid in there again, no re-inforcement parts will help.)

 

This is truly amazing. If he's telling the truth and is accurate about his information, then your dealer got this fluid "out of house". If this is what they used, then you are good to go.

 

90w is right, but it should be GL5 i believe.

And to the guys asking about how to get your diff serviced...i actually tried taking a bottle of LE607 to the dealer, and the service writer flat out refused to put it in. He said it was too stiff. I pointed him to the page in our manuals which states that it is the correct weight, and still he would not put anything heavier than the 75-90w that he had.

A few months later I got to do the change myself at another owners' place. While it isn't the easiest fluid to move, it was definitely more fun and less costly than having it done at the shop. Plus, I got the added bonus of talking with other owners and getting some great homemade chili!

 

At least they covered it.

 

100%!

 

Good thing I go to S2ki.com ... Otherwise I would of taken it to the dealer

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