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Guys,

I'm thinkin of changing my diff oil tomorrow.. and I need some advice..

How hard is this operation ?

Anything to look out for ?

Anything i can do wrong ?

I was thinkin.....

1. Jack the back of the car up real good, so i can get underneath it.

2. Remove the top bung in the diff (is there one?)

3. Remove the bottom bung and drain oil.

4. Stand for about 5mins to drain fully.

5. Replace bottom bung

6. Using my handy-dandy oil pump, pump it into the top bung

-- Until it's FULL right?

7. Replace top bung and go for a burn.

Any flaw in my plan ?

I'm also yet to replace my g/box oil, but with the strength of my monkey-like arms i can't get the freakin' thing undone!

-Kym.

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Yeh u forgot the part where the car comes crashing down on ure head!!!!

Make sure u chock the wheels and use bricks or something not just the jacks.

Its gonna be a bitch to get ure hands to the top bung without a full fledged hoist. good luck to ya

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Okay, so i changed my diff oil successfully....

OMG, that is the STINKIEST crud ever created!

Picture this: hot day, sweaty underneath a car, pumping stinky-like-ass differential oil for a good 20mins... ugH!

Thought I was gonna yack.... funny, the oil that came out was as black as hell... and even stinkier than the new stuff... *shudder*

anyway, mission completed. thanks for your help guys....

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Originally posted by GTS-t VSPEC

Did you check the plug for metal fillings?

Yep, sure did, and it was all clean.... not a scrap of metal in sight.

of course this was after i dropped it in the oil-catch pan, splashing oil over me, and dunking my hand in smelly crud to retrieve it... *sigh*

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  • 5 weeks later...

I used Castrol LSX90 chris, after that it made my hands impervious to water penetration also.. but that's nother story...

not too sure on the quality of this brand yet, as it feels like my diff is throwing power left-right constantly and not working right...

you got whining huh ? break up with her, simple!

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