LSD Service
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LSD Service
Ok quick question the sticker on the window says to replace this diff. Fluid at the first 1870 miles while other people change it at there first 1,000 miles. Why are people changing it early and some people are saying its free service can anyone clear this up?? The tech at MB said its a thicker fluid when it is delivered and helps settle in the gears or some thing.
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(a)'12 C63 P/P, LSD, 19" m/spoke,comfort pack. (b)Astra SRI.
Yes, you have to change the LSD oil as you have quoted...in Australia it's 3000Ks....and you have to pay. The "confusion" is that the 1st "Service" (or rather "inspection"), is free.....but the LSD oil change is not.
Don't know anything about the "original" oil being thicker...never heard that one before....the reason you have to change the oil is that the initial "running in/wearing in" stage, of the clutches in the LSD may cause a little metal to be present in the oil, hense the need to change it.
Cheers, Pickles.
Don't know anything about the "original" oil being thicker...never heard that one before....the reason you have to change the oil is that the initial "running in/wearing in" stage, of the clutches in the LSD may cause a little metal to be present in the oil, hense the need to change it.
Cheers, Pickles.
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change at 1870 per your original sticker as long as you have the p/p lsd. and free if you have the maintenance package otherwise it runs around a buck seventy. I would call ahead as they may need to order the gold bottled fluid in
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SLS
I presume this is the same on the C63 BS, despite being a higher locking %, etc.?
I haven't been able to find the BS specific owners manual and/or maintenance guide online, so I'm going off what I know from memory and/or the standard C-class manuals.
I haven't been able to find the BS specific owners manual and/or maintenance guide online, so I'm going off what I know from memory and/or the standard C-class manuals.
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Yes, you have to change the LSD oil as you have quoted...in Australia it's 3000Ks....and you have to pay. The "confusion" is that the 1st "Service" (or rather "inspection"), is free.....but the LSD oil change is not.
Don't know anything about the "original" oil being thicker...never heard that one before....the reason you have to change the oil is that the initial "running in/wearing in" stage, of the clutches in the LSD may cause a little metal to be present in the oil, hense the need to change it.
Cheers, Pickles.
Don't know anything about the "original" oil being thicker...never heard that one before....the reason you have to change the oil is that the initial "running in/wearing in" stage, of the clutches in the LSD may cause a little metal to be present in the oil, hense the need to change it.
Cheers, Pickles.
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2007 E63 w/P30 and Eurotech CF Diffuser
The fluid in the LSD after 2k miles will come out looking like grey metallic paint. There must be a break in additive.
After the next 80k miles, mine came out like simply a slightly burnt clear oil. No particulates. Going in, it is the color of vegetable oil.
My E63 had no further change interval, but I will be using 40k, or every2yrs.
After the next 80k miles, mine came out like simply a slightly burnt clear oil. No particulates. Going in, it is the color of vegetable oil.
My E63 had no further change interval, but I will be using 40k, or every2yrs.
