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Old 07-17-2014, 04:47 PM
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So my service manual and royal purple said my diffs take 2.45 qts. i got to about 2.10 and it started coming out the fill hole. whats the deal? i dont want to over fill and right now it is literally at its max, right level with the base of the fill hole
 
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Old 07-17-2014, 04:54 PM
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You just fill it up to right below the full hole. Ovefilling will cause gear oil to come pouring out everywherreand overrun your seals
 
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so if it is sitting level and not coming out the fill hole its ok? or should i suck some out? so i was adding the .45 when it started coming out of the fill hole so it stopped leaking right when it got just a hair below the hole obviously. that too much in there?
 
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JUst below the fiill hole. like once it start barely coming out of the fill hole youre good. Stop. Put the plug back in.
 
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ok thank you, i didnt want to drive it if it was at all off
 
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Drive is a LITTLE BIT, then recheck the fluid. Sometimes it takes a bit for it all to go where it wants. Driving it with low fluid gets expensive quick.
 
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yup just fill her till she drools then plug it back up. also add some rtv to the plug lip so u dont have that ugly leaky plug
 



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