Should I change differential oil?
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I have 7000 miles on my 1 yr old car. Have been following "severe conditions" maint. schedule as my commute is only about 4 miles so I got oil and filter change etc. Diff fluid is due by time on that schedule, but not distance (for many miles). Service guy at SF Honda talked me out of it, said I didn't need it yet.
Going by "time", normal maintenance schedule doesn't call for differential oil change until 2 years.
[Edited by SFDukie on 05-24-2001 at 05:38 PM]
Going by "time", normal maintenance schedule doesn't call for differential oil change until 2 years.
[Edited by SFDukie on 05-24-2001 at 05:38 PM]
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In Japan, it's recommended for hard tuning drivers to change their differential fluid every 2500KM. I'm skeptical about that but, I'm going to change it every 5000KM instead. I don't think it's necessary to do it too early and definitely not too late.
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I did mine at 13k. my trusted dealer said it would have been ok to wait until 15k on mine, but since the car was there anyways...diff fluid always looks disgusting when getting changed out, so I am uncertain how bad it really was, but for $50-60 why not just do it.