Member Since: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Vienna
Posts: 61
Differential wear and tear
I changed all the transmission oils on my 08 D3 which has just under 50k (km) on the clock.
The guys at the shop said that the magnets in the drain caps of both diffs were full with metal abrasion. They said it was too much for a car with that mileage.
What do you think? Am I looking into some real problems with the diffs? Is this normal wear and tear?
(BTW: the car is not used for towing or for offroad)
8th Feb 2017 7:21 pm
disco4ever
Member Since: 23 Dec 2013
Location: under the car
Posts: 402
I tend to say normal wear for such a car. as slong as you do not have any flakes or larger debris on the magnet you are ok.
Change the oil again in approx. 10tkm and see what you find.Achim
own garage certified LR tech
Disco 2 TD5 MY 2001 - gone but still driven by another owner
Defender 110 TD5 driving me bananas with all faults
Disco 3 TDV 6 HSE MY 2005 gone @280.000 km
Disco 4 SDV 6 HSE MY 2012
8th Feb 2017 8:39 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Weirdly quite normal for land rovers of all ages!
I do see the same on the trucks but much smaller quantities of schrapnel.
8th Feb 2017 9:22 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
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