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

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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.

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.

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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!

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.

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!

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 owner.....starting 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 but.......drove with them through the summer and fall. So that tells me the previous owner never rotated the tires......so I bought a new set of 4 tires plus an alignment just before the winter months. My car drives like a dream......smooth as butter.

Scotty keeps us on our toes with vehicle maintenance!

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.

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!

Did this today to my Rav 4! Thanks Scotty!

Nice demonstration Scotty. I will be doing the same thing to my BEAST. Thanks for the reminder too.

Thank you for all your instructive videos Scott

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

I assuming this is the same process for a Mazda CX5 which is all-wheel drive more or less. Love your videos BTW Scotty -- very informative!

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...

scotty I did this on my 98 frontier Nissan four wheel drive, also a stick as well. great mileage improved

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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.