Differential Service
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Differential Service
Hello,
I drive a 2013 RX350 under normal conditions. Have 29900 miles on odometer. Mixed city and highway . NO TOWING. I went to a local Toyota dealer for the 30K maintenance service and had the Synthetic oil change, Brake fluid flush and replaced, replaced Engine air filter and tires rotation. The manager advised me that i should get the differential fluid changed. My question is with such low mileage and me not towing even occasionally, do I need to replace the differential fluid ? I was quoted $100 for the service.
Sincerely appreciate members input and recommendations. Thank you all in advance.
I drive a 2013 RX350 under normal conditions. Have 29900 miles on odometer. Mixed city and highway . NO TOWING. I went to a local Toyota dealer for the 30K maintenance service and had the Synthetic oil change, Brake fluid flush and replaced, replaced Engine air filter and tires rotation. The manager advised me that i should get the differential fluid changed. My question is with such low mileage and me not towing even occasionally, do I need to replace the differential fluid ? I was quoted $100 for the service.
Sincerely appreciate members input and recommendations. Thank you all in advance.
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From: Ontario, Canada
Hello,
I drive a 2013 RX350 under normal conditions. Have 29900 miles on odometer. Mixed city and highway . NO TOWING. I went to a local Toyota dealer for the 30K maintenance service and had the Synthetic oil change, Brake fluid flush and replaced, replaced Engine air filter and tires rotation. The manager advised me that i should get the differential fluid changed. My question is with such low mileage and me not towing even occasionally, do I need to replace the differential fluid ? I was quoted $100 for the service.
Sincerely appreciate members input and recommendations. Thank you all in advance.
I drive a 2013 RX350 under normal conditions. Have 29900 miles on odometer. Mixed city and highway . NO TOWING. I went to a local Toyota dealer for the 30K maintenance service and had the Synthetic oil change, Brake fluid flush and replaced, replaced Engine air filter and tires rotation. The manager advised me that i should get the differential fluid changed. My question is with such low mileage and me not towing even occasionally, do I need to replace the differential fluid ? I was quoted $100 for the service.
Sincerely appreciate members input and recommendations. Thank you all in advance.
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It is recommended by Lexus every 60,000 miles. I would do it then. Transmission is due at 100k and I would not wait that long. If you have ever pulled a drain plug on a diff with 100k miles on it you'd know why it's recommended at 60. Its highly discolored with a lot of metal shavings. Keep it clean
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252k
I hope to do that with my '13h AWD.
(Fingers crossed - and gearbox lubes changed once around 35K - will do again in 8K - will be 70K then. BTW - my local Toyota dealer changes the oil for me at a significant $aving$ over that quoted by the Lexus dealership.)
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It's called "Lifetime Fill"
It's just that I prefer to extend my cars' "Lifetime" - and doing the easy things - like changing lubricants - makes me feel good (whether or not it actually makes any difference).
It's kind of like putting those little chrome-plated whistles on the front of my car. Since putting them on, I haven't hit even one Elephant.
It's kind of like putting those little chrome-plated whistles on the front of my car. Since putting them on, I haven't hit even one Elephant.
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All of these intervals are there for marketing purposes only, they mean the max mileage/time before damage occurs. In reality the fluids should be changed at much shorter intervals to prolong the car's life. I give you an example on my Mercedes the brake fluid had to be changed every 2 years or/30,000 Km in the Lexus every 3 yrs or 48,000 Km why? They both use synthetic fluid, but the MB schedule was set up for europeans who follow a much stricter maintenance schedule and the Lexus is set for north americans who are notoriously a lot less observant in preventive maintenance ( in general). Brake fluid absorbs approx 2% of H2O a year and in that lapse of time it would acquire 4% water accumulation thereby increasing the boiling point of the fluid and contribute to rust/oxidation of various sensors. In cars w/o ABS and other tecno advances this exchange was not critical, but in ours it does matter.I play it safe and do my fluid exchange at 2/3 of the recommended interval just to be sure and only use the recommended standards.
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It's just that I prefer to extend my cars' "Lifetime" - and doing the easy things - like changing lubricants - makes me feel good (whether or not it actually makes any difference).
It's kind of like putting those little chrome-plated whistles on the front of my car. Since putting them on, I haven't hit even one Elephant.
It's kind of like putting those little chrome-plated whistles on the front of my car. Since putting them on, I haven't hit even one Elephant.
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