juiceyv8
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What does it mean when your diff oil comes out silver when you change it??
oil colour...?
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Sirus
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Someone used mercury instead of oil the last time they did a change
gotoneatlast
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thas wht i think too.
deffo mercury.
or solder.
deffo mercury.
or solder.
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try using a magnet on it and see what happens.
Jon14
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I've only ever seen that on a brand new diff on an early oil change. Put it down to the lube used during manufacture. Oil came out like silver hammerite! 
Subsequent changes saw the oil look freakily similar to how it went in
EDIT: Not on a Landy I might add.... (was alternative brand of 4x4)
Subsequent changes saw the oil look freakily similar to how it went in
EDIT: Not on a Landy I might add.... (was alternative brand of 4x4)
90truckcab
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it usualy comes out like hammerite, specialy the older ones, and the gear box oils the same, usualy a high metalic content get a magnetic drain plug
get a magnetic drain plug
oldskool
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Is the axle/diff noisey? You normaly get some silver parts in the oil but i would be a bit worried if it looked like silver hammerite all that metal is comming from somewhere
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summat to do with lowering springs
