As a complete knobhead, i fully knew my diff was leaking, but i forgot to check how much oil it was leaking.
Today my diff told me it was empty by whining and rattling to me. It's mostly ok-ish in a straight line, but really clunky/bashy/rattly whilest turning, so i guess there's not a lot of oil in there anymore and the LSD is acting up due to no oil.
I drove 10km (mostly motorway) before i noticed it, and i don't have any oil sitting at home, so the car is going to the barn on a flatbed, but i was wondering, how much have i hurt the diff by running it empty? The CROWN and pinion seem to be quite ok, because they are a little bit noisier then they where before, but not as loud as the previous time i killed a diff due to oil running in to the axle instead of staying in the diff and lubricating it. i corrected this by welding baffles in the live axle to keep the oil in the 'sump', but no oil in there at all probably didn't help
Is it a case of refill and fingers crossed, or have i deffinatly killed the clutch plate LSD? I am going to try to refill it after the Gathering, but i want to sleep well the next week, so i was hoping for some good news, otherwise it's bye bye rare TRD LSD
a quick google gave me nothing other then info about the other type of LSD, which is not in my car (i hope!)
Today my diff told me it was empty by whining and rattling to me. It's mostly ok-ish in a straight line, but really clunky/bashy/rattly whilest turning, so i guess there's not a lot of oil in there anymore and the LSD is acting up due to no oil.
I drove 10km (mostly motorway) before i noticed it, and i don't have any oil sitting at home, so the car is going to the barn on a flatbed, but i was wondering, how much have i hurt the diff by running it empty? The CROWN and pinion seem to be quite ok, because they are a little bit noisier then they where before, but not as loud as the previous time i killed a diff due to oil running in to the axle instead of staying in the diff and lubricating it. i corrected this by welding baffles in the live axle to keep the oil in the 'sump', but no oil in there at all probably didn't help
Is it a case of refill and fingers crossed, or have i deffinatly killed the clutch plate LSD? I am going to try to refill it after the Gathering, but i want to sleep well the next week, so i was hoping for some good news, otherwise it's bye bye rare TRD LSD
a quick google gave me nothing other then info about the other type of LSD, which is not in my car (i hope!)
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