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riverblanche
Member Since: 31 Aug 2010
Location: retford'ish
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| Diff oil to Fill plug F=620ml R=1200ml |
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Hi,
I have just changed the oil in the front Diff, I had looked at a couple of threads and U-tube clips and all had said "To the Level plug" 
looking at doing the rear Diff next and low and behold there are mentions of
"its a Fill plug and Not a Level plug, same as front" 
Clearly I should have done a bit more research, there had been discussions on
"Whats the difference amount"
To compound this the bottle of oil I already had said "1L left" and I used nearly all of it to get to the Level plug, so potentially well over filled
So I have drained it again and measured just how much I had put in, To the Fill/Level plug 
Its still in the garage not moved so
My 2008 has 620ML to the Fill plug, so for me its a Level plug 
I will be measuring the amount that goes in the rear  Transit! 2019
Gone D3 HSE 2008
Another Porsche Cayenne 2022
Gone Porsche Cayenne 2020
Gone RRS HSE Dynamic 2016
Gone RRS HSE LUX 2011
Gone RRS HSE 2006
Gone D3 SE 2.7 2008
gone D2 Td5 1999
I plan on living forever and so far so good !
Club DG Mclaren stuff
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Last edited by riverblanche on 29th Apr 2022 12:33 pm. Edited 1 time in total
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 26th Apr 2022 9:14 pm |
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garrycol
Member Since: 06 Dec 2010
Location: Canberra
Posts: 1115
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Just fill till it runs out with both diffs - close enough and works fine.
Note the the fill amounts are for a completely new empty diff and one the diff has been filled and used it never completely empties - so refilling it with the 610ml and 1.1l does not result in the correct amount in the diff - just same a bit of time and energy and fill till it runs out the filler hole.
Last edited by garrycol on 29th Apr 2022 2:56 pm. Edited 1 time in total
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| 27th Apr 2022 2:50 am |
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riverblanche
Member Since: 31 Aug 2010
Location: retford'ish
Posts: 2210
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Hi,
the thing is filling to the plug level I did not know How much oil had gone in and if I had put 1000ml in, instead of 600ml in the front diff as I thought, then over filling by that much "Potentially" could cause problems.
The other threads I had read did not mention how much oil brings it to the plug level
I have now done the rear Diff as well, slight dribble when the fill plug taken out and 1200ml drained out 
So I know for my 2008 D3 I can buy a 5L tub next time and use the Fill plugs as my level plug
Although I doubt I will ever need to change the oils again anyway at least its recorded now.
Transit! 2019
Gone D3 HSE 2008
Another Porsche Cayenne 2022
Gone Porsche Cayenne 2020
Gone RRS HSE Dynamic 2016
Gone RRS HSE LUX 2011
Gone RRS HSE 2006
Gone D3 SE 2.7 2008
gone D2 Td5 1999
I plan on living forever and so far so good !
Club DG Mclaren stuff
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| 29th Apr 2022 12:32 pm |
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Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
Posts: 10372
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Well if you buy 2 litres next time, you shouldn't be able to over fill it by much.
And the castrol bottles have markings on the side. (The rare time I will purchase castrol.)
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| 29th Apr 2022 4:17 pm |
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Lee Trinder
Member Since: 12 Aug 2018
Location: Henley in arden
Posts: 515
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When I did mine a few weeks ago I followed the Haynes manual for how much I needed to put in and measured what came out, which was pretty much the same as the manual said.
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| 29th Apr 2022 5:19 pm |
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