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09-13-2012, 09:28 PM | #15 |
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i use water for all my fluids.. works well on the transmission.. not so good for gas
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Changing out the whole diff seems a little excessive but hey it's under warranty. It's a pretty beefy part for such a light and low powered car IMO.
There are a couple of diff covers with extra cooling fins and more capacity, plus Matt Monson (Guard Transmissions) knows a little about making them better. |
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would you share info - what is allowed to modify not to loose warranty?
I know dealer can't prevent you from changing the tyres, but hey, is that fair when you are rolling on 235\40\17 instead of "allowed" 215\45\17 and claiming that some suspension bushings fail - would the dealer point it's finger on the 235s blaming them and refusing with warranty bushings replacement? Also have you ever faced situations that dealers hounding trackday photos to mark your car as a @sports event noticed, so writing you off the engine warranty? |
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Because of one smelly diff? Is there an epidemic of diff failures I haven't heard about?
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It's a crap shoot. Nothing should really void warranty unless it is what actually caused the failure...Moss Magnusson act and all that crap...but a dealer could probably tie in any mod to suit there needs. If you mod, you're taking your chances...some dealers are better than others...
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09-14-2012, 08:04 AM | #22 |
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Hopefully your diff was a one-off problem. For the rest of us, what does burnt diff fluid smell like? |
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Not really but i changed my fluid anyway to veruspeed just to be safe.
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I bought it from McGeorge (we're friends and he buys his goodies from me, so I thought I should buy the car from him). But it's 7.5 hours down there. I will if I have to, but a big reason I bought the car was because I could get it from Rod, and there is a dealer in the next town for warranty stuff. *sigh*
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Sounds like I need to check ours too and swap the lube out with something else. Maybe have a sample sent out for analysis. We have 4 autocrosses on ours with two to three drivers ever event.
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This could be a fluke. Maybe a bad bearing, whatever. I don't know because they don't know and are literally swapping it based on fried fluid. They never even drove it anywhere. Dropped the fluid, it stinks, waited for the field service rep, and they are ordering it from the land of the Rising Sun..... Based on what beats me.
Of course they did notate it's a one time fix because it's "used in off-road competition", that's actually hand written on the RO. I guess stickers and coil-overs make it a RACECAR! Beware. |
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Sure hope it's a fluke. I have 86 autocross runs on it so far. Have only a handful of events left in the year.
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