daver clasper Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Hi everyoneMy Vitesse mk1 2litre diff has no oil drain plug.Would it be possible to run a 5mm outer diam tube or larger, through filler hole into bottom of diff and suck old oil out with a large syringe without it snagging on gears etc.Thanks loads for any advice.Cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Probably best to get a new gasket and remove the back cover. You can then get rid of any rubbish on the bottom easily.Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Quoted from daver clasper Hi everyoneMy Vitesse mk1 2litre diff has no oil drain plug.Would it be possible to run a 5mm outer diam tube or larger, through filler hole into bottom of diff and suck old oil out with a large syringe without it snagging on gears etc.Thanks loads for any advice.Cheers Dave Yes, you can get most of it out like this. I have a carefully shaped bit of 8mm copper pipe for pulling the last bit out. Will be doing this tomorrow as it seems to help keep the diffs alive.Not possible to split the casing with the diff in the car.Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggrr1 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 You could always drill a hole in the bottom of the diff and tap it to take a plug.easy oil changes after that 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Just grill a wol as Steeve says.drill 8 or 10 mm, then fit a bolt there be v little oil will come oot, as most are low to start with.just wrap a clout around the drill bit, as when drill bits in, it can only pass by the flutes, so easily caught.tap and for good measure, bung a magnet into the bolt end,and also, bung a magnet in the filler plug bolt too.Oil is cheeper than diffs, As some of the diffs I get in ev nee oil in em, but a thick treacle stuff, 🙂M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpeedy Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I've got one of those vacuum brake bleeding kits. It also does a very good job of sucking out the diff oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpbarrett Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Quoted from MrSpeedy I've got one of those vacuum brake bleeding kits. It also does a very good job of sucking out the diff oil same idea here. I have a vacuum oil sucker (use it to change the oil on our boat) managed to get a lot of rather black oil out of mine. Its easier if the oil is warm otherwise you spend a lot of time keeping the vacuum going. Now filled with nice new clean oil.mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Quoted from tiggrr1 You could always drill a hole in the bottom of the diff and tap it to take a plug.easy oil changes after that 🙂 Yes, like the idea - apart from the (perhaps small?) risk of leaving some swarf from the drilling and tapping process in the diff. This prevents me from doing it.Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I only put the hole in when the diff was out of the car for the same reason. You shouldn't get too much swarf in there though and afterwards wash it all out with loads of paraffin through the filling hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 there nowt goes init if done right,!!drill with oil init,bung a magnet on drill bit,bung a magnetic plug initjobs a good,nI be wary of just sucking it oot,as there all sorts of stuff in there that stiks to funny spotsand yer sukkee sukkee thingee wont get at em allbut its gotta be better than nowt.M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hammond Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Sucky sucky?M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny-Jimbo Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I got one for ten dollar off the internet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Quoted from Jonny-Jimbo I got one for ten dollar off the internet... What? a sucky sucky? good value I say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyf Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Quoted from Freebird What? a sucky sucky? good value I say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esxefi Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 the diff casings are iron so the swarf will be small particles unlike steel where you would get helixes, is that right? when drilled and should be less damaging to the diff if they were to remain inside.could repeatedly flush it out with very thin oil to maximise swarf removal through a filter(ladies tights are good for this,although I couldn't comment on what denier you would need ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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