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: did I overfill rear diff?


ron54
09-30-2007, 11:21 AM
drained & filled my rear diff (11.5 AAM) today, but my driveway is uneven, going down hill sloghtly to right when looking at rear end. I put in 4 full qts, and it was about 1/4" below fill plug. Did I add too much?

catch007
09-30-2007, 11:39 AM
Four quarts is what I put in, just to bottom of the fill hole.

dmax3500
09-30-2007, 12:32 PM
yep,just fill it to the bottom of fill hole ,then stick your pinky in ,it should be within 1/4'' to the hole

CHEVY23
09-30-2007, 02:39 PM
i thought it was 5qt

ron54
09-30-2007, 07:00 PM
i thought it was 5qt

From what I've heard the 11.5 AAM (diesel trucks), are 4qt.

After driving with new oil, and getting it hot, I opened fill plug to check level, and it started gushing out. I quickly retightened. I was on an up hill though, so I'm assuming its normal for it to come out of fill plug on that grade.