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Brewster

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Noisy Diff
« on: 22 September 2007, 14:48:18 »
I picked up my 3.0 MV6 and it's pretty good (for a 150k mile car) but the rear diff is a bit whiney on over-run. I've checked and it does have plenty of (black) oil in there. Does anyone have any experience of this. I understand it's done 150k miles, but is it likely to do many more like this? It's not too loud, and I'm pretty sure a second hand replacement should be relatively easy to come by and fit.

Thanks for any advice.

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Re: Noisy Diff
« Reply #1 on: 22 September 2007, 15:37:30 »
Damn, somebody did this job recently and did a really good guide with photographs. Can't find it at the moment but will keep looking...

Alot of V6's have done more miles than yours but again I suppose, it's only as good as its previous owner. Is still a great car and the diff shouldn't really deem it scrapped. There's lots of experts on here that should be able to offer any assistance they can  :y
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Re: Noisy Diff
« Reply #2 on: 22 September 2007, 17:07:31 »
Either you can put up with it for now or get it overhauled.....Or my best option is keep an eye out for an LSD and replace it with that ;)
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Re: Noisy Diff
« Reply #3 on: 23 September 2007, 20:30:42 »
Not 100% certain but I think the Omega diff. is the same as used in Senator/Monza and Carlton estate. If so they can be noisy from new: I know of a Senator that had a new diff. at 6 months old because it was so noisy. But noise does not mean it's about to fail - my first Carlton estate had a noisy diff. when I bought it with 130k. on the clock and it was no worse when I sold it 20k. later.
Provided you don't abuse it, you should have plenty of time to hunt down an LSD replacement.

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Re: Noisy Diff
« Reply #4 on: 23 September 2007, 22:04:40 »
Thanks for the advice guys. This is a stop-gap car for me so I'm not looking to spend lots of money on it if it's not necessary. I want to keep it driveable and it's generally a good car, I just wondered whether it's likely to be useable for a few more miles without too much worry. Looks like that may be the case. Cheers :)
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