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I skipped the trans service, as my dipstick has not arrived yet, so we'll move onto the rear axle.
I have a pretty good mechanical ear for things, and this axle just didn't sound right. It was fairly quite on acceleration and deceleration.... but that in between "float" or "coasting"... sounded bad. So I wasn't too shocked when I drained it. Hardly any oil came out, and what did looked terrible. (Car has 55k miles) And just look at the magnets!! Crap. So I filled the whole axle with diesel..... and flushed it out. Then I filled it with Mobil 1 75w/140 and drove it around for 15 minutes, came back and dumped it again, and refilled it again. Is it quieter? I think so, but once you hear something like this, you can't "unhear it". I'l take it over to a buddies house this weekend for a 2nd opinion on the sound of it. I'll service it again in 10k miles, and see how it's doing.
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