XSeries-forum

I'm going to change front and rear diff oils in my 3.0d F15.
I have ordered a 500ml bottle of each. Is this enough?
Thanks
Andy

The TIS doesn’t give the actual capacities but lists 500ml bottles (plural) as being needed, but not how many.

It also says the fill and drain plugs must be replaced, do not reuse.

Nearer a litre each afaik , my e70 rear took near a litre

Yes, I see that now, so why the f*ck they sell 500ml bottles I will never know.

It’s worse on the X6 (E71) as it has a special torque distribution rear diff with two different oils in three chambers that absolutely must not get mixed up. The outer chambers have electrically driven clutch packs that need their own special (aka expensive) oil. 500ml isn’t quite enough!