People Say I'm Full of Crap About Changing Your Fluid, Well Watch This

Changing differential fluid and transfer case fluid. Differential fluid change myth busted, DIY with auto mechanic Scotty Kilmer. Should you change your car's Differential fluid. Differential fluid change. How to change your Differential fluid. Differential and transfer case fluid myth busted. Car myth vs truth. Car manufacturers claim that most newer cars don't need fluid changes for their differentials, but that's a lie. Car advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 55 years.

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[komradkolonel]

Changing the differential fluid is something that's often overlooked. The best rule of thumb is when you change the transmission fluid or gear oil change the differential fluid too. But if you have a truck and you are loading it down it's a good idea to change the fluid more often.

[sharonflowershondagirl]

My 09 Honda has a crappy front end and a little rust, but it is paid for! Made in Canada, shifts like a dream and well taken care of!!! Been driving it everywhere, almost from day ONE of finding Scotty's channel....back when he had only a couple of million subscribers. Scotty is THE MAN!

[turbdonkey]

Just did this in our 2012 Rav4, so easy. I was $65 all in (had to buy a different allen wrench that could fit into the front fill plug, used Mobil1 75w-90, and a really simple pump from Advanced Auto) and it took about 1 hour. Local shop wanted to charge $296.

[renchjeep]

Be sure to use the right fluids. Some manufacturers use special fluid, especially in the transfer cases. Like certain Hondas. In our fleet, we have an 07 Ridgeline that takes a specific fluid for the transfer case, since it is AWD. Major damage can be done if the wrong fluid is used, so always follow the recommendations in your owner's manual. And I highly recommend buying the exact fluid from the dealer. Yeah, it's more expensive, but not as expensive as replacing a failed unit because the wrong fluid was used!

[THEPAPASMURFTHEOG]

scotty is a legend. his expertise on cars is amazing!!

[gen-x]

New vehicle manuals suggest mileage intervals to change oil and or coolant and or transmission fluid are to long between changes that I usually halve the mileage recommended.
Bought a 2017 Toyota Camry XLE in 2021 and I completely went through all the fluids and changed them all.
Even the brake fluid which was fairly clean but I wanted to bring my car up to date with me as a new fresh.
The Michelins that came on the car were OEM and the fronts were pretty much done when I got the car with 27k miles.... inspectable with them through the summer and fall.
So that tells me the previous owner never rotated the I bought a new set of 4 tires plus an alignment just before the winter months.
My car drives like a as butter.

[mikenormandy]

What would we do without you Scotty?!? No one else is helping us and giving us information on stealerships and our vehicles like this, these days!

[ThomasKing]

Scotty keeps us on our toes with vehicle maintenance!

[MountainFisher]

I'm 70 years old and for the first time in my life, the Tacoma truck I bought in 2012 is worth more than I paid for it brand new. Has 72, 000 miles on it and I had to replace my 80, 000 mile Dunlops because of dry rot not because the tread was worn out. I know it doesn't need a tune-up yet, but 13 years old is 13 years old.

[C--Hercules]

I do not recommend using a 5 gallon hard plastic water jug to hold your oil. Have you ever seen those things crack? They're not very forgiving. Laundry detergent containers are the best. You could throw that thing out of your truck while you're driving and it would be fine. But the plastic water jug is asking for trouble. 😮 🤦🏻‍♂️ 🌊 🤸🏻

[dane]

I just changed my transmission, transfer case and rear differential fluids in my 2019 Honda Ridgeline. It was easy and saved a lot of money.

[kathyking]

My husband and I are going to buy the last vehicle we'll ever own since we are in our upper sixties. we want a small suv . We thought about rav4 but you said new are not the best.I really appreciate your help

[davidvalles]

I'm a native of the Az desert and have had 4x4's most of my life. I had mentioned this to a friend who bought his 1st and he didn't listen and couldn't get it loose after draining it. I also mentioned that he should at least run the 4x4 units once a month for about 10 or so miles to keep the seal's from drying out because it could cost good money if they start leaking and it doesn't take long with our climate to dry out the seal's.

[jakemanchester]

Drags fill tube through sand on driveway. Introduces sand into differential.Yikes!

[quigleyclampett]

Scotty thank you so much for your sharing of automotive information. You have saved me a lot of money. Wish there were more truthful mechanics like you. God bless you and your family.

[rays]

Good that he mentioned about the tires. Of course, most people won't believe it. That's ok, because I make a lot more money off of replacing AWD units than I do from tires...

[Gretzky]

When I do my diffs/transfer case on my 4Runner I use two sets of ramps, has always worked really well, just another option.

[JF-jmnb]

I did that on my 2018 Ford escape Awd the ptu, the transmission and what a pain in the butt to change the diff fluid but I've done it!! Thanks Scotty

[aviatortrucker]

Here’s a tip. Don’t forget to use Teflon tape on the drain and fill plug threads. It makes it a whole lot easier to get those plugs off again. I never had any of them back out even with anti-seize compound on those threads. They were even worse to get out with the old differentials that used a 3/8 square that fit a 3/8 drive ratchet.