Diff gear lubricant cost?

[84IM]

Thinking I'd do some preventative maintenance I went down to my local Ford dealership (I live in Canada) to pick up some front and rear drive unit fluid (SAE 75W and SAE 75W-85).
When the parts guy told me the price I thought he was kidding me-$50 for a single Quart/litre bottle for one and $100 for the other! WTF.
That's $150 (Canadian) for two quarts/litres of diff fluid.
I'm curious as to what you guys in the US are paying for the same fluid.

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[lavaspill]

Try rockauto.com. Not sure about shipping to Canada though. (25-35ish)

 

[supertiger]

I get good deals on RockAuto on Motorcraft fluids. Might check there.

 

[84IM]

I did go online and check out RockAuto but couldn't find any Motorcraft diff fluid.
They did have diff fluid for the Maverick, but it wasn't Motorcraft,

 

[lavaspill]

https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=12013145&pt=11394

https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=8319320&pt=11394

 

[todd92]

No need to use Motorcraft...Ford doesn't make lubricants.

 

[happyfer22]

AMSOIL , 100% the best !

 

[todd92]

AMSOIL , 100% the best !

Amsoil, 100% MLM!

 

[happyfer22]

Amsoil, 100% MLM!

way superior quality ! TOP .

 

[84IM]

@lavaspill, thanks for the link.

I did wonder if another brand, like Amsoil, would work just as well as the Motorcraft product.
As mentioned above (Todd92) I doubt there's any special products in the Motorcraft fluid that would make it superior to other quality diff oil products.

 

[FHFR3Maverick]

Careful, AmsOil does not have an equivalent to the Mototcraft RDU lube. You need to use the Motorcraft fluid.

 

[A.Bursell]

Careful, AmsOil does not have an equivalent to the Mototcraft RDU lube. You need to use the Motorcraft fluid.

Agreed. I used Amsoil for the PTU, but Motorcraft for the RDU - only ones I'm aware of that make it currently. Big fan of Amsoil products, especially for the fluids that don't get changed often.

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