Diff oil refill

[scjimbo]

I have tried searching this one and get a 500+ page result. How much oil do I need to fill a medium case diff. I swear someone has told me 1.9 Litres. Is this correct? [/list]

[maggspower]

Its 1.7

Just fill until it comes out of the top hole. Make sure you can get this one open before draining though

[scjimbo]

Its 1.7

Just fill until it comes out of the top hole. Make sure you can get this one open before draining though

Cheers Byron.

[Grrrmachine]

if you type "oil" into the Wiki you get this:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... fferential

[Brianmoooore]

Its 1.7

Just fill until it comes out of the top hole.

With the car level!

Sounds obvious, but a mate of mine who worked for Land Rover was dispatched to an army depot to find out why they were having way above the average number of transmission failures on his company's vehicles. You guessed it - they were filling with the vehicles on ramps, one end at a time.

[maggspower]

Its 1.7

Just fill until it comes out of the top hole.

With the car level!

Sounds obvious, but a mate of mine who worked for Land Rover was dispatched to an army depot to find out why they were having way above the average number of transmission failures on his company's vehicles. You guessed it - they were filling with the vehicles on ramps, one end at a time.

Strange I would have thought most of it would have leaked out before it got chance to do any damage

My rule of thumb for landrovers is, if its not leaking, its probably empty

[sweep]

I use old engine oil is this ok?