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Tim_Lusername
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24v Cosworth rear diff oil
« on: Oct 2nd, 2009, 9:53pm » |
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Bit of a lame post but I'm wondering how you check the oil level in the diff?
AFAIK you fill it till it reaches the hole - but how do you check the level beforehand. I'd rather not make the trip to get oil, jack the car up etc just to find out it's down by 1mm :-)
I'm getting a faint thud from the rear when slowing to a stop and I figure checking the oil level will at least eliminate a poss cause.
Could someone point me in the direction of an oil spec please - I searched the posts here but it's either not mentioned or my google fu is weak.
Thanks
Tim
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Re: 24v Cosworth rear diff oil
« Reply #1 on: Oct 2nd, 2009, 10:09pm » |
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on Oct 2nd, 2009, 9:53pm, Tim_Lusername wrote:
I'm getting a faint thud from the rear when slowing to a stop and I figure checking the oil level will at least eliminate a poss cause |
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Hi Tim,
I'd check the CV joints first of all.
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/manual/rearaxle/RAxleSpecs.pdf
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Tekno
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Re: 24v Cosworth rear diff oil
« Reply #3 on: Oct 3rd, 2009, 10:34am » |
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I have this problem too 
light thud from rear when stopping to traffic lights, for example.
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Tim_Lusername
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Re: 24v Cosworth rear diff oil
« Reply #4 on: Oct 3rd, 2009, 11:24am » |
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Thanks for the feedback guys.
Tekno - yep that's the kind of thing.
Bearing in mind I'm no mechanic, and I've a 400-ish mile trip coming up on Thurs.
How urgently do these need to be replaced/looked at. If urgently what kind of a hit will I take from a garage?
As an aside - my radio needs to be re-coded. Who do I need to contact/bother with the information to get the code?
Cheers guys
Tim
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Re: 24v Cosworth rear diff oil
« Reply #5 on: Oct 3rd, 2009, 12:26pm » |
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hi there
pm me the radio serial number.
re the cv joints. one on my old car lasted about 5 YEARS before getting really bad (greasing every week).
when i did end up replacing it, i had to do the drive shaft as well because the splines were worn (think that's what done the cv in the first place).
should be about £150 for a cv joint (both inner and outer) and shaft fitted (i paid £130 2 years ago).
hth
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Tim_Lusername
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Re: 24v Cosworth rear diff oil
« Reply #6 on: Oct 3rd, 2009, 4:42pm » |
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Thanks for the info, I've PM'd you the serial number
Cheers
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