arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 1m 3d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 20/02/12 11:15 AM Share Posted 20/02/12 11:15 AM (edited) I use Transmax Z 4.4L and SAF-XA in the diff. Both are fully synthetic. Definitely change the diff oil.About 75 for 4LT of transmax and $20 for 1LT of SAF-XA diff oil. Edited 20/02/12 11:18 AM by arronm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ki11er 69 Member 10 Member For: 13y 2m 11d Posted 20/02/12 11:24 AM Author Share Posted 20/02/12 11:24 AM Im also getting new diff bushes installed at the end of the month under warranty does that involve dropping the diff oil anyways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MX Dave Donating Members 545 Member For: 13y 7m 25d Gender: Male Posted 20/02/12 12:44 PM Share Posted 20/02/12 12:44 PM If I keep doing so many k's in such short amount of time is it ok to only change the engine oil every 15k.At work we service ALL our cars at 10k intervals regardless of kms.At Tafe they say Turbocharged and Supercharged vehicles Should never be taken beyond 10k for a service/ oil change and in particular diesels.I change my oils every 6 months or 7500ks.Normally ends up being 6 months and 5500kms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 1m 3d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 20/02/12 01:30 PM Share Posted 20/02/12 01:30 PM Im also getting new diff bushes installed at the end of the month under warranty does that involve dropping the diff oil anyways?No.Are you putting in urethane ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ki11er 69 Member 10 Member For: 13y 2m 11d Posted 20/02/12 08:38 PM Author Share Posted 20/02/12 08:38 PM No I'm keeping the standard one in for now my dealer said they would keep changing it I will when I'm out of warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro xr6 turbo Banned 185 Member For: 13y 17d Gender: Male Location: perth wa Posted 20/02/12 10:46 PM Share Posted 20/02/12 10:46 PM so good to hear people taking good care of their cars. change the oil every 7500 regaurdless of how quickly you do the kms, unless youre doing long and fast freeway runs everyday around 100kms or more?. the thing that wares out the diff/boxoil is being under heavy load, ex. my parents landcruiser ill only change the gearbox oil every 75-100000kms because the car gets babeyd so much it doesnt need it (unless I take it upto its windows in water haha) but my ute which getsa good thrashing and does mostly city kms under constant high load I change it regularly. so if you absolutly tharsh it every day id do it every 15k, if you have more restraint than me and can manage to drive the thing semi normally then 30k, if you drive like a old woman then 50k, but im guessing if you have chewd a set of diff bushes already then ull be doing it every 15 hahacheers, andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broke Donating Members 229 Member For: 13y 1m 16d Gender: Male Posted 04/03/12 09:54 PM Share Posted 04/03/12 09:54 PM im driving my car 800km back from bundy tomorrow. im actually going to buy all the oil and tools required for the change today then change out engine and diff oil tomorrow night after the car's cooled down a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro xr6 turbo Banned 185 Member For: 13y 17d Gender: Male Location: perth wa Posted 05/03/12 12:22 AM Share Posted 05/03/12 12:22 AM im driving my car 800km back from bundy tomorrow. im actually going to buy all the oil and tools required for the change today then change out engine and diff oil tomorrow night after the car's cooled down a bit.just make sure the diff filler plug opens befour you drain it, as a mechanic its something that's cought me out in the past haha. being a ford it should be ok, normally that's just nissan, toyota and mitsubishi that get stuck.cheers,andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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