Differential Fluid

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Author Message   Greg French (Gregfrench) Senior Member Username: Gregfrench Post Number: 441 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 02:25 pm:    What differential fluid should I use. I feel it is time to change it, but the type is not listed in the owner's manual. Is it as easy as it seems? Just pull the bottom plug to drain and the top plug to fill or os there someting else I should look out for? Thanks   Jack Edwards (Olered) Senior Member Username: Olered Post Number: 353 Registered: 04-2002 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 02:35 pm:    Pull the top first and then the bottom. Just in case you can't open the top and you've drained your fluid. That's bad.   Greg French (Gregfrench) Senior Member Username: Gregfrench Post Number: 442 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 02:41 pm:    Good thinking. What type of fluid?   Daniel Covaciu (Danielcovaciu) Senior Member Username: Danielcovaciu Post Number: 303 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 03:55 pm:    I'd would like to do this maybe this weekend. How much fluid should I buy for both axles?   Jack Quinlan (Jsq) Senior Member Username: Jsq Post Number: 384 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 04:21 pm:    4 quarts. I use mobil 1. not only does synth=happy drivetrain, but it doesn't quite smell as awful as regular 90 weight. btw, the fill plug and drain are 1/2 drive so you can just impact them off. I just did mine and they were really stuck on there.   Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 137 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 05:06 pm:    90w gear dope, mobil 1 here also.   John E. King, Jr. (Cadet007) New Member Username: Cadet007 Post Number: 14 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 05:50 pm:    Is that 4 quarts per axle or 2 quarts per axle with 4 quarts total? When I buy the mobil 1 synth will it say 90 weight on it? Sorry about the dumb questions.   Ed Hart (Adifferentedh) Member Username: Adifferentedh Post Number: 82 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 06:55 pm:    it's about 2 quarts per axle mobil 1 says 70/90w I believe .   Norm Orschnorschki (Norm) Member Username: Norm Post Number: 60 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 - 07:30 pm:    Amsoil synthetic gear oil 75-90w.