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Old 12-23-2005, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
Remember if you stick Mobil 1 in the diff you should change it again in a year. When I first did mine the fluid was probably original and came out looking real clean. Just for the heck of it I did it again a couple of months ago while the car was blocked up with the trans out. The one year old Mobil came out black as engine oil! People are not kidding when they say that stuff cleans!
I plan to....the stuff that came out looked pretty clean..........so maybe its been changed before...unlike the brake fluid, or the power steering fluid both of which looked like real strong coffee in color.
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