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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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Changed my rear diff oil yesterday. I thought I had a little more than 1.75 quarts of redline gear oil left from some work on another car. The service manual says 1.75 quarts is the capacity, so I put all I had in (which was probably a little more than 1.75 quarts, but I'm not exactly sure... guess it could have been less). I was expecting to fill it until oil spilled out the fill hole, but it didn't spill out.

Is the correct way to fill it to just fill until it spills out or just 1.75 quarts?

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I didnt stop until it came out the fill hole.....
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Originally Posted by 02blackbeauty19
I didnt stop until it came out the fill hole.....
How much do you think you had left assuming you used two 1-qt bottles?
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Just finished filling mine,had a guesstimate of 1/4 bottle left over...

You should be real close
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You should be very close
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