12-08-2008, 04:34 PM
got some maintenance crap done yesterday...cold concrete suuuuucks.
i changed the rear diff fluid, and just as an FYI for any other impreza people, don't bother buying a square socket to fit the drain plugs. a 1/2 extension will fit and work fine.
i was having trouble breaking the bolts loose but an old exhaust pipe made a good breaker bar. another neat trick is to just use you jack (you should have your car on jack stands, right?
) to push the ratchet. 6 tons of pushing force is always nice!
1 bottle of fluid will work since the diff takes .8 litres. i tried to use a suction gun to put the fluid in...do NOT do this. suction guns are crap. mine wouldn't hold suction and just dribbled fluid all over my nice MM hoodie and the parking lot. just get 1/2" clear vinyl tubing and run it from the diff fill hole up above the exhaust and the up through the wheel well to outside (thankfully i had some on hand from my aquarium). make sure the tube never dips below the diff level so as to keep fluid going down. then just stand next to the car, cut the tip off of the fluid bottle nipple and squeeze the fluid in while holding the hose up high. think of it as giving your car a beer bong with diff fluid. if you have alot left in the tubing it shouldn't matter as you'll have nearly 1/4 bottle of waste fluid as "wiggle room".
my second round of Pennzoil Platinum 5W30 is going in to blackstone to see how far i can take my oil changes out. i ran it to 6600 miles this time, lets see how it did...
i changed the rear diff fluid, and just as an FYI for any other impreza people, don't bother buying a square socket to fit the drain plugs. a 1/2 extension will fit and work fine.
i was having trouble breaking the bolts loose but an old exhaust pipe made a good breaker bar. another neat trick is to just use you jack (you should have your car on jack stands, right?
) to push the ratchet. 6 tons of pushing force is always nice!1 bottle of fluid will work since the diff takes .8 litres. i tried to use a suction gun to put the fluid in...do NOT do this. suction guns are crap. mine wouldn't hold suction and just dribbled fluid all over my nice MM hoodie and the parking lot. just get 1/2" clear vinyl tubing and run it from the diff fill hole up above the exhaust and the up through the wheel well to outside (thankfully i had some on hand from my aquarium). make sure the tube never dips below the diff level so as to keep fluid going down. then just stand next to the car, cut the tip off of the fluid bottle nipple and squeeze the fluid in while holding the hose up high. think of it as giving your car a beer bong with diff fluid. if you have alot left in the tubing it shouldn't matter as you'll have nearly 1/4 bottle of waste fluid as "wiggle room".
my second round of Pennzoil Platinum 5W30 is going in to blackstone to see how far i can take my oil changes out. i ran it to 6600 miles this time, lets see how it did...
2010 Civic Si
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT
2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT