Anyone ever changed their Differential Fluids on 02 ES? I have 110k on my 02 and never changed Differential Fluids. I've done transmission fluids drain/refill couple of times. anyone have diy writeup on this? how hard is it? any recommended parts, fluids in specific?

 

108k miles on my ES and never did it. I did do a tranny drain and fill every 15k miles and one filter screen cleaning. I remember several threads saying that the differential was built in and the tranny drain and fill was adequate and no separate diff drain and fill was necessary. I no longer have an 02 factory service manual so I can't look it up for sure, sorry.

steviej

 

thanks steviej,
what is filter screen cleaning? i do my tranny drain and fill every 25k miles and i have little over 110k miles on my 02. how does filter screen cleaning work? how often do you clean? do you have diy like you made up tranny drain and fill?

 

when you drop the pan, atf pan, there is if i remember correctly 2-14 10mm bolts securing the screen/filter in place. its not very expensive either.
but as for the original question, the differential shares fluid with the tranny, and there is no seperate fill/drain plug for the diff. only thing is to drain and fill. or flush, but not with the machine flusher. the manual way of flushing.
goodluck
Charley