wild bill Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 My LSD has always been a bit noisy compared to other RWD cars i have had (apart from a 67 MGB roadster when i was a lad) and i am well aware that TADTS however earlier in the year i changed the diff oil and noticed that the old oil was silvery in colour. I don't think the previous owner had ever changed it as while a lovely chap, he was not exactly sympathetic to a cars wants and needs 😬 and actually the diff was fitted only a year prior to my purchase (so 3 years old now) I thought maybe a diff rebuild was worthwhile but as i hate tinkerin when i could be driving it would only be if necessary, what does the cognoscenti think. Oh and if anyone tells me my HG is about to go, the car is going to blow up, that i should take it off the road immediately or any other ridiculous scaremongering i'll thump em decent advice only please (Now watch as No one responds to the post which is the usual 😳)  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Mupferit Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 If the old oil had a kind of silvery sheen, that is pefectly normal with any new piece of machinery as the components become lapped in so the colour of oil isn't necessarily indicative of the quality or type used. What you are seeing in the silvery sheen is microscopic pieces of the metal components as they 'wear in'. Brent 2.3 DURATEC SV Reassuringly Expensive R 417.39 😬 Edited by - Brent Chiswick on 10 Oct 2006 11:36:04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild bill Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 Brent Thanks, that makes perfect sense now. I knew it was bits of metal just not whether it was normal. notice how you were the only responder? that's cos everyone else wanted to tell me my car was doomed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Mupferit Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Well yes it probably is sh@gged really but I was just being kind.  Brent 2.3 DURATEC SV Reassuringly Expensive R 417.39 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxseven Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 😬 😬 Caterham Fireblade here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild bill Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 😬 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelico Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Yup. Head gaskets probably gone too 😬 😬 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Day Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 yep take the diff off and swap it for mine - those LSD are no good you know, linked to HG failers you know Winner of the Largest pair in a non SV 7 (Rumble 2003) here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild bill Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 Damn. perhaps i should put my car up for sale as it's about to cost me a packet 190 bhp 1.8K Series with Apollo and oil feeder LSD Full screen and Aero Immaculate and looked after Mechanical OP guage £5 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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