Change the oil in the differential?
2001 gassser, Ford, 54000 miles. Recently my mechanic suggested changing the oil in the rear/pumpkin/differential. Said there could be rust in there...and it would be a good PM. (anyway). I've NEV...
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The "life" of the vehicles criteria is changing almost at the speed of phone androids changes.
Back in 1995 Mercedes manufactured car transmissions "sealed for life".
I guess at the time they did not expect those cars to run for 400,000 miles or million miles with diesel engines.
I had couple of those and changed ATF at 200,000 miles.
Now differentials don't have clutches to wear, they catch steel dust with magnets and unless you drive in deep water - they have no condensation in them.
When on most of the vehicles it is relatively cheap service, I had couple of vehicles with 260,000 miles and did not worry about differential service.
Did change the oil on my 2000 F250 at 305,000 miles, but that truck was used for heavy hauling. YMMV
Pull the control plug, check oil level, clean the magnet, stick white towel in oil to check the color and if nothing looks bad, plug it back and enjoy the drive.
Back in 1995 Mercedes manufactured car transmissions "sealed for life".
I guess at the time they did not expect those cars to run for 400,000 miles or million miles with diesel engines.
I had couple of those and changed ATF at 200,000 miles.
Now differentials don't have clutches to wear, they catch steel dust with magnets and unless you drive in deep water - they have no condensation in them.
When on most of the vehicles it is relatively cheap service, I had couple of vehicles with 260,000 miles and did not worry about differential service.
Did change the oil on my 2000 F250 at 305,000 miles, but that truck was used for heavy hauling. YMMV
Pull the control plug, check oil level, clean the magnet, stick white towel in oil to check the color and if nothing looks bad, plug it back and enjoy the drive.
