Ean Austral
6th April 2012, 03:29 PM
Gday All,
Well decided today was oil change day, so started with the gearbox and after 3 refills since fitting the metal sump, the oil finally came out clean, so its now going to be changed again in about 50,000kms
Next was the diffs, done the rear first, and unsure if the oil had been changed prior to us getting the car, but it was reasonable clean, abit dark but have seen worse. So before filling it I got a litre of clean oil and flushed it thru, then filled the 1.1ltrs, using a small funnel and some 1/4 hose and just let it feed into the diff.
Next was the front diff, and wow was the oil totally different to the rear, it came out the colour of coke, and smelt very average, but think this has as much to do with the amount of oil rather than anything else me thinks.
I also flushed this with some clean oil and it took a good 1 ltr before it cleaned up. Measured out the .61 of a ltr and it certainly isnt much oil when its in a container that holds 1 ltr.
I did notice in the oil that came out the front diff was some floatie bits, at first I thought it was metal, but after feeling it think it may have been thread tape or sealant of some sort.
So thats the oils now done, did the T/C about 3 weeks ago, so now I think I will do the diffs every 15000ks or so as am happy to buy 2 ltrs of oil and spend 1 hr doing the change, especially after seeing the oil from the front diff.
There is a good step by step on the disco3.uk site for those interested.
Next is to look at a better fuel/water seperating filter set-up.
Cheers Ean
Well decided today was oil change day, so started with the gearbox and after 3 refills since fitting the metal sump, the oil finally came out clean, so its now going to be changed again in about 50,000kms
Next was the diffs, done the rear first, and unsure if the oil had been changed prior to us getting the car, but it was reasonable clean, abit dark but have seen worse. So before filling it I got a litre of clean oil and flushed it thru, then filled the 1.1ltrs, using a small funnel and some 1/4 hose and just let it feed into the diff.
Next was the front diff, and wow was the oil totally different to the rear, it came out the colour of coke, and smelt very average, but think this has as much to do with the amount of oil rather than anything else me thinks.
I also flushed this with some clean oil and it took a good 1 ltr before it cleaned up. Measured out the .61 of a ltr and it certainly isnt much oil when its in a container that holds 1 ltr.
I did notice in the oil that came out the front diff was some floatie bits, at first I thought it was metal, but after feeling it think it may have been thread tape or sealant of some sort.
So thats the oils now done, did the T/C about 3 weeks ago, so now I think I will do the diffs every 15000ks or so as am happy to buy 2 ltrs of oil and spend 1 hr doing the change, especially after seeing the oil from the front diff.
There is a good step by step on the disco3.uk site for those interested.
Next is to look at a better fuel/water seperating filter set-up.
Cheers Ean