How to Check Differential 2010-15 Chevy Camaro
Created on: 2017-03-30
How to drain and fill the differential fluid on 2011 Chevy Camaro.
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step 1 :Checking the Differential Fluid
- Raise and support the vehicle
- Have a drain pan ready
- Remove the check plug from the differential with a 3/8 inch ratchet
- Check that the fluid level is flush with the bottom of the check plug hole with your finger
- Check the color of the differential fluid
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step 2 :Draining the Differential Fluid
- Have a drain pan ready
- Remove the drain plug from the differential with a 3/8 inch ratchet
- Allow the fluid to drain completely
- Clean any debris off the drain plug
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step 3 :Filling the Differential Fluid
- Reinstall the drain plug
- Clean the surface of the differential
- Check the differential for leaks
- Tighten the drain plug to 24 foot-pounds of torque
- Add three ounces of limited slip additive to the differential through the check plug hole
- Add .95 quarts of gear oil to the differential through the check plug hole, using a hand pump
- Reinstall the check plug
- Tighten the check plug to 24 foot-pounds
- Clean the surface of the differential
Tools needed
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Gear Oil
Gloves
Torque Wrench
Paper Towels
Jack Stands
Drain Pan
Hand Pump
3/8 Inch Drive Ratchet
Floor Jack
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In this video, we're going to be working with our 2011 Chevy Camaro. We're going to show you how to inspect the level in your rear differential as well as how to drain and refill those fluids. Now, our vehicle has a limited slip, or LSD differential. This means that we need a special limited slip fluid. Your vehicle may or may not need this, so be sure to check before beginning this repair. If you like this video, please click subscribe. We have a ton more information on this and many other vehicles, and if you ever need parts for your car, you can follow the link down in the description over to 1AAuto.com. Here are the items you'll need for this procedure.
Raise and support your vehicle. We're using a lift to make it easier to show you what's going on, but this job can easily be performed at home with a jack and jack stands. Remove the check plug on your differential. This is located on the driver's side, just above the exhaust. We'll use an extension and we're just going to use the 3/8” drive from that extension to get in there. Loosen that plug and remove it. The reason I'm not wearing gloves is because you have to put your finger into the check plugs here and check that that fluid level is just about flush with the bottom, assuming it doesn't drip out. There's a little rubber washer on there you want to make sure stays with that check plug. Just put your finger in there. Some people like to use a zip tie, but I like to use my finger because I can actually feel where the level is. Ours is very low. It's also really dark, so we are going to drain this and refill, but if your fluid looks okay, you can refill it right through that plug there until it just starts to run out of the bottom of that opening.
With our drain bucket under the differential, we'll use the drive from a 3/8” ratchet to loosen and remove the drain plug. Once the drain plug's out, allow it to drain completely into the pan. This one also has a little rubber gasket washer on it. You'll want to make sure that that's on there as well. Now this drain plug has a magnetic tip on it, so you'll want to wipe all that debris off to get an idea of what's going on inside your differential. Now that is a pretty good amount of build up considering this car is pretty low mileage. It looks like we have an axle seal leaking and our fluid was low, which is what prompted us to do this.
We may want to take a closer look at our differential, but for now, we're going to reinstall our drain plug. Get it in as far as you can by hand. We're going to wipe down all this drip so we can get a better eye on our leak, even though I'm pretty confident it's the axle seal. It doesn't hurt to double check. We'll then torque the drain plug to 24 foot-pounds.
Add three ounces of limited slip additive to your rear end if it has a limited slip differential. Then using a hand pump or a suction gun, add .95 quarts of gear oil to your rear end. When you remove the tube, a little bit of fluid will run out when it's full. It means we can reinstall our drain plug, torque it to 24 foot pounds, and then wipe off our differential.
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