Pikuoff Posted August 1 Author Report Share Posted August 1 Rear diff is toast. The shop said all the sound was in from diff and coupler that's all one unit. It had lots of metal in the fluid. I tried to get most out with my pump but I guess that's why not much came out b/c my tube was pretty thin. About a $3k replacement. Probably not too surprising since it was never serviced for 170k miles. Now I know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1004ron Posted August 1 Report Share Posted August 1 14 minutes ago, Pikuoff said: Rear diff is toast. The shop said all the sound was in from diff and coupler that's all one unit. It had lots of metal in the fluid. I tried to get most out with my pump but I guess that's why not much came out b/c my tube was pretty thin. About a $3k replacement. Probably not too surprising since it was never serviced for 170k miles. Now I know... Sorry to hear that you have a large repair bill. My thoughts are that the RDU shouldn't suffer without maintenance at 170K miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted August 1 Report Share Posted August 1 4 hours ago, Pikuoff said: Rear diff is toast. The shop said all the sound was in from diff and coupler that's all one unit. It had lots of metal in the fluid. I tried to get most out with my pump but I guess that's why not much came out b/c my tube was pretty thin. About a $3k replacement. Probably not too surprising since it was never serviced for 170k miles. Now I know... Oof. 3k sounds high.. but maybe that's just me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikuoff Posted August 21 Author Report Share Posted August 21 Rear diff replaced and the car sounds/feels new again. Will be sure to regularly replace the fluid from here on out! Unplugging the rear diff connector definitely helped while I was waiting to get it replaced for anyone in the same boat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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