Re: [MBZ] Re; Rear Differential Oil

2012-06-06 Thread Gerry Archer
I used synthetic and wish I'd stayed with dino oil. The differential is making more noise since then. Noisy differentials can last a long time. From: I'm doing my rear axles on my 83 240D this weekend with the help of a friend who has done this twice already.on a lift too !! Should I s

Re: [MBZ] Re; Rear Differential Oil

2012-06-06 Thread Brian Toscano
Using synthetic would probably loosen up stuff in the differential. If you use synthetic, I would think in terms of changing again much sooner than if you just used conventional. On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 2:12 PM, wrote: > I'm doing my rear axles on my 83 240D this weekend with the help of a > f

Re: [MBZ] Re; Rear Differential Oil

2012-06-06 Thread WILTON
Too late. ;<) Wilton - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 4:12 PM Subject: [MBZ] Re; Rear Differential Oil I'm doing my rear axles on my 83 240D this weekend with the help of a friend who has done this twice already.on a lift too !! Shoul

[MBZ] Re; Rear Differential Oil

2012-06-06 Thread RDeafBoy
I'm doing my rear axles on my 83 240D this weekend with the help of a friend who has done this twice already.on a lift too !! Should I stay with 80-90 oil or should I use synthetic 75-90 ?? If I use synthetic do you have completely clean out the old oil ?? Any special tricks on removing