Hi All,

Next weekend I am hopeing to change the diff oil in my 2006 STI.
I dont have a ramp etc.
Any good ways you guys have filled the diff once empted and wwhat you used and where from ect.

Cheers,

Carl

 

2 plugs in the diff, top one is fill one one on the bottom is drain
jack car up
remove drain one and fill one in that order allow oil to drain out.
replace drain plug and open bottle of fresh oil which should have a 4" extendable filler kind of nozzle hold it upside down and and squeeze contents into diff. It may take more than 1 bottle depends on the car. Once the level has filled up till it's coming out the filler hole your done, replace filler plug.

It is pretty obvious when you look at it.

 

lol I know how to do it lol
I have a 5 liter oil that isnt with a nosel etc.

 

Buy a big syringe from a good hardware shop and fit a short piece of flexible tube on the end of it.

 

Not any hardware shops around here, not sure if B & Q do anything?

 

I would take the filler plug off first then the drain plug.

Because if you drain it and then find you cannot shift the filler plug which happens you have no way of refilling it.

 

Always take filler plug, or sensor on mine as the oil comes out faster lol

 

I use the big syringe and tube method, there's no room to swing a bottle and nozzle upside down by the diff. See if the local chemist has any.

 

As he said, I have allways done that.

 

Never thought of them, will see if there is a chemist near by!

 

Its easier if you undo the filler first then the drain as it stops the gulping effect and any contaminents will come out with the fluid rather than splaashed up round the insides.

 

Indeed, always undo filler 1st

 

Just go to a motor factors and get one , Draper make one for about £15 as I bought one a couple of months ago.
I use mine to fill the gearbox up through the dipstick as well when changing the oil on the rally car

Cheers Ian