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Originally Posted by widman
Very interesting post on the differentials, now the big question: What is the closest thing to Genuine Honda CVT Fluid? The Honda dealerships here do not carry it, probably because the government requires importers of lubricants to register, pay $200 per year per product plus the legal fees for a 2 month process, report sales and imports per product on a monthly basis and pay a high tax per liter.
So they use 15W-40 diesel engine oil in the transmissions and for the differential they use Dexron until the vehicle gets 50,000 or so km on it, they standard 80W-90. I have so far figured out that the Chevron Delo 400 Synthetic 5W-40 is a pretty close match to the Honda Manual Transmission Fluid, but what about the CVT fluid?
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Wow man you are really looking for trouble using those oils.
First the reason no dealers carry CVT fluid is because it has been replaced by honda ATF-Z1 automatic trans fluid which by the way is only to be used in honda automatic CVT transmitions only found in the Civic HX and the new Civic hybrid cars. Neither of these fluids are designed for the rear differential on the CR-V. For that Honda Dual pump fluid is to be used and only Dual pump fluid.