OK, my pinion seal is leaking and I need to keep the diff topped up till I can get the car booked in to change the oil seal in two weeks.

Sounds simple, started the job at 5 this evening, and finally finished two hours later :shock: :shock: :shock:

The problem is that access to the top up plug is very, very limited, I tried a 1/2 inch wobbly, but by the time the plug was half way out the back of the wobbly was fowling against part of the sub frame. In the end I had to cut off the end of an old 1/2 inch socket set extension and then grind it square, total length was 20mm. I used this in a 14mm ratchet spanner to get access and remove the plug. I then used a small hand pump to pump the new oil up into the diff.

What a royal pain in the ****. In the end about a 1/3 of a litre went in.
This is all you can see of the plug!



The tools.





On the job.



Getting the plug back in is just as much a pain, I wedged the plug onto the 1/2 inch bar with a bit of card so that it could be held in place before screwing it in.

 

Don't you just love "sealed for life" components.

A.f.a.i.k. the capacity is 1.8 ltr. 0.3 ltr is some leak.

Graham