Differential Gear Oil Replacement

Differential Gear Oil

REPLACEMENT
1) Lift up the vehicle.
2) Remove the differential gear oil drain plug using TORX� bit T70, and drain the differential gear oil completely.

CAUTION:
^ Immediately after the vehicle has been running or after idling for a long time, the differential gear oil will be hot. Be careful not to receive burns.
^ Be careful not to spill differential gear oil on the exhaust pipe to prevent it from emitting smoke or causing a fire. If differential gear oil is spilled on the exhaust pipe, wipe it off completely.

3) Replace the gasket with a new part and tighten the differential gear oil drain plug using the TORX bit T70.
Tightening torque:
Aluminum gasket 44 N-m (4.5 kgf-m, 32.5 ft-lb)
Copper gasket 70 N-m (7.1 kgf-m, 51.6 ft-lb)





4) Lower the vehicle.
5) Fill the differential with differential gear oil from the level gauge hole.
Recommended gear oil:

Gear oil capacity: 1.1 - 1.3 (1.2 - 1.4 US qt, 1.0 - 1.1 Imp qt)
6) Check the level of differential gear oil.