Taber10 Posted February 13 Posted February 13 My mechanic is wanting information on just how much wear, evidenced by metal filings on the differential fill plug--which is magnetic of course--has been experienced by other owners of the Zetec SVT. I don't think the plug has been cleaned since October of 2014 when I had Redline Synthetic put into it. Since someone else did it for me, I am not really sure that it was cleaned then. We found the entire area between the body of the plug and the magnetic center post filled with filings. Hopefully the attached picture shows this. Any opinions or thoughts would be appreciated.
jbcollier Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Rub the "filings" between two fingers. Smooth and paste like? No real issue, except change your oil more often. Gritty and "sharp"? Time to pull it down and see what's up. 2
IamScotticus Posted February 14 Posted February 14 7 hours ago, Taber10 said: by other owners of the Zetec SVT Caterham has used Ford Sierra diffs almost exclusively on all models since 2000. Your situation wouldn't be unique to <2014 Zetec. Ths exception would be if somehow you have a Live Axle, but I doubt Caterham would have put that combination together. 1
Taber10 Posted February 14 Author Posted February 14 Thanks for the replies--all good info and much appreciated!
MV8 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 Filings are normal and that looks minor. You'd never see them during an oil change without a magnet. Use build up versus mileage as an indicator. 1
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