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Originally Posted by 2011 Nismo#91 Oh that reminds me the VLSD fluid is shot and you have an open diff by now. That fluid breaks down in 30-50K miles and

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Old 07-18-2013, 02:42 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Oh that reminds me the VLSD fluid is shot and you have an open diff by now. That fluid breaks down in 30-50K miles and cannot be changed.
wait what? this cant be right. I dont mean to insult any experience you may have, but I can tell pushing it around a turn that its not an open diff...Can anyone else verify this?
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wait what? this cant be right. I dont mean to insult any experience you may have, but I can tell pushing it around a turn that its not an open diff...Can anyone else verify this?
It's a POS diff, it becomes open when the fluid slightly overheats and it wears VERY quickly. The forum consensus is that it becomes open around 60k miles
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It's a POS diff, it becomes open when the fluid slightly overheats and it wears VERY quickly. The forum consensus is that it becomes open around 60k miles
Good thing i changed my diff fluid at 4k heard the stock stuff turns bad fairly quick Redline in there too .
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