2011-2013 Ford F150 - DIY Front Axle Differential Fluid Drain & Fill
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- 2011-2013 Ford F150 - DIY Front Axle Differential Fluid Drain & Fill
Wanted to show everyone that this is easy and you can do it in your driveway. Save some money and do it yourself rather than paying the dealer. This video shows you exactly what you need.
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Did it and if I can do it, any one should be able to do it. Don't even need a jack. I jacked it up because I'm not the skinniest person. :-)!
If you have any questions just post them below in the comments.
Your video’s are very helpful and pretty funny. ‘Fire-ants biting my ass’ 😂
Makes me feel like I can save $600+ the dealership quoted me to do the front and rear diff’s!!
$600. Thanks a freaking crime. Good Luck and thanks for watching!!
Diffs dont produce oil. It looks runny like water got in there. Keep an eye on it
Great Video and gave me the courage to give is hot. Did it today. Couple of notes from my experience:
1. Using a stiffer tube within the latex rubber hose of the brake bleeder really helps to get past the gears and deep into the reservoir.
2. My tube got blocked from going in, turning the wheels 1/4 turn helped make room to get the stiff plastic tube deep into it.
3. As I vacuumed the old axel fluid out, I would eventually begin to suck air, knowing there was more in there, I'd move the hose around, usually out about an inch and would hit a new pocket of fluid. Did that 5 or 6 times and eventually got all the old fluid out.
4. Spent way more time getting fluid out than putting fluid back in.
Appreciate the help and instruction - just adding my two cents from my attempt this afternoon. Thanks again
Thanks for commenting, it should help others. 👍🏻
My Torino thanks for saving me some cash. If anyone cares, I removed the 3 skid plate bolts and just loosened the passenger side rear bolt and moved the skid plate out of the way and propped it up, instead of dropping the whole thing. Made re-install a piece of cake. Worked on my 05 anyway. Cheers 🍺
No, it was not over filled. Condensed Water accumulated in there over time (years), mixed with diff oil. That is why it is creamy, and volume Is more than it should be.
Just did this on my 2013 f150 platinum 3.5 Ecoboost. If you shave off the those tabs that hold the large EPAS wire. There is enough room to take the front differential cover off. Worked great. Just take your time shaving both of the aluminum tabs off and you’ll be good for removing you cover for a drain and refill. No need to removed EPAS or drop the differential. You will need to unplug the EPAS wires and move them out of your way. Hope this helps someone. I was experimenting and it worked for me. This method should work for all Gen 1 Ecoboost motors in the F150s with 4wd.
Given its color, and more volume than it should be, I'm guess it is water got in your Frontal Dif. (Milky white, and too much).
Where could water get in?
@@stargazer7644 the diff breather hose if you submerge it. 😉
It's not contaminated with water, it is in every later model Ford front diff. It is a marking dye for gear lash and diff break in. It allows for gear mesh pattern to be very delineated in comparison to not having it in. Plus, it tells if the fluid has been changed if there's ever a warranty claim. Nothing to worry about, drain and refill.
Thanks for this video. Hands down one of the most tedious jobs I have ever done. 1 out of 10 stars on the work but your video really helped and the comments gave insights into how to do it more effectively (i.e. stiffer hose, turning wheel). Much appreciated. I will never do it again but I have 60K to figure that out :)
Love the channel doing a whole service on the wife's vehicle thanks to your videos!
Dude! You videos are awesome and you have been doing some of the exact maintenance I am doing in the next week. I have a 2013 FX4 SCREW that I bought new and coming up on 100k. I Bought the exact same setup to do break fluid swap for the front diff. I didn’t really known of that Pittsburg pump would pump out the old fluid as gear lube is significantly thicker than break fluid and wouldn’t you know it....you’ve got an awesome video to proof the process. Thanks!!!
Good job.
A couple points:
1) The cover can't be removed on your truck because there's not enough clearance so you couldn't have removed it even if you wanted to.
2) I think you mentioned that the front of the truck was higher. If so, the differential probably wasn't overfilled and that would explain why it appeared to be overfilled and fluid flowed out when you removed the fill plug. The problem is that, if that was the case, you probably underfilled it when you pumped new fluid in. If, on the other hand, your truck was level when you re-filled it, you shouldn't have pumped more in when it was seeping out already. If it's seeping out when the truck is level, it means it's overfilled but I don't think it would be something to lose sleep over. Just something to think about.
3) I hope you used a plug sealant when you reinstalled the plug. It would probably be OK if you didn't but it's just good worksmanship to do so - just as you would for the rear differential plug or the transfer case plugs.
4) It's odd that your old fluid came out yellowish - at least from my experience. It usually comes out dark gray - almost black - the first time it's changed. I'm not saying it's bad that it was yellowish but it's just odd. It almost looks like the fluid was fairly new but you say it was the original from the factory. Strange. Not bad but strange.
Thank you very much for your thorough comment. I greatly appreciate all advice that I receive. Have a great weekend.
you can remove the front diff cover if you first remove the steering rack. It's not impossible, but it can be a great deal of work getting the monster fasteners out of the frame.
Also, the yellow color apparently comes from the assembly lube they use at the factory. I'm not saying it couldn't possibly be due to water ingress, I'm only saying that from my own personal experience and from what i've seen on youtube, the first change on these trucks gives you yellow fluid.
Yellow fluid is the norm from factory. A quick test for water contamination is to dip a white paper towel into the used fluid. Capillary action will pull used fluid into the paper fibers. If you have a clear wet border between the oil and the dry paper towel, that's the water in the mixture. The yellow oil isn't contaminated, it's put there by Ford to mark gear mesh patterns.
He visto tus videos y gracias a ellos pude cambiar el aceite de la caja de transferencia de mi f150 platinum.
Muchas gracias
Saludos desde Chile
Good video. A couple things though, the front diff cover is not removable without taking the rack and pinion out, so you are doing it the way most anywhere does. The yellowish color of the fluid is actually from moisture, the vent on the front diffs allows moisture in and it contaminates the oil and makes it milky. And finally, whoever at the stealership recommended that gear oil was an idiot. It's supposed to be a full synthetic 75w-90. For the few more bucks it costs it's well worth the extra wear protection.
I sucked my fluid out last night and it was very bright grey...what do you recommend? Run it in 4A for a short trip and change again?
@@ryanrudolph1050 it's fine. As long as you got most of it out, about 2 qts, and filled with a high quality synthetic, it's good. Just shorten your change interval on it to 30k or so.
@@zackhaas3267 thanks, since I am super anal about that stuff and this truck is new to me I will likely take a look at it next oil change and at least see what its doing in there. I have a large puddle at the end of my shared driveway that we have to go over every day. I guess I need to stop plowing into it. :)
I shaved those aluminum tabs off my EPAS housing and the cover comes right off. No need to removed EPAS or the drop the differential.
That was water/condensation that turned the diff fluid yellow/tan causing it to be overfull.
I know what I’m doing this weekend! Thanks for the video 👍🏼👌🏻
Another great video! As I mentioned before I also have a 2013 F150 with the 5.0 here in Monroe, LA and I changed my transfer case fluid after watching your video. I only have 65,XXX miles, so I don't think I will mess with the front or rear diff fluid just yet, but I do plan a transmission fluid and filter change soon. Looks like a messy job, but I do a fair amount of "city" driving and think that is my next logical maintenance item. Keep it up!
I have all the stuff to do my transmission, I just have to work up the nerve for the mess!! Thanks for watching.
You probably did it already, but I think the rear diff. is even easier than the front. I did the rear on my 2011 F150, pretty easy.
F150 is the same wheels I have. This channel has excellent content as always with fantastic clear instruction. Keep it Torono
Man im going to try again. I used the titan bleeder from amazon with my smaller air compressor. Im probably going to have to get a bigger air compressor bc i only was able to get half a jug of that yellowish shi$ looking fluid. It was over filled to as well. Good video.
just to clarify this is a video on the front diff, not the transfer case, right. I just wanted to be sure. thanks for the video.
Gotta make that hose smaller so you can just pump it closer to the fill hole
I have a 2013 F150 5.0 XLT. Noticed there's fluid or oil on the undercarriage yesterday. There's a rubber hose that runs up and inside the fender-well and attaches just below the brake fluid reservoir. Where does the bottom end of the hose go? Heard it's a vent tube for the front differential but don't see where it would go.
Good
Doesn't the yellow suggest water contamination? And possibly that would explain the overfill?
Possibly, but there was no separation of water in the drain pan after I dumped it. I truly think that it is the grease that was used to check the gear mesh at the factory. Thanks for watching and commenting. It is truly appreciated.
There is also a breather valve that condensation can get in there. But not bad enough to worry about.
Don’t forget he also had the far side jacked up.
Water should make it milky
That’s what it looks like. There’s no water in it
Good job Ford getting rid of the drain plug.
I’m about to change my front differential oil in my 2012 f150, what was the pump you used to evacuate the oil out?
Excellent thanks
Thanks for sharing, good to know if you want to do it yourself...
It looks like there is water mixed with your gear oil (that's why its yellowish)
Like#3. Thanks for sharing. Let's stay connected
Dont know why ford wouldnt just put a drain plug in so much easier, my nissan xterra has drains front and rear.
Great video! How much did you end up pumping out after your 3-4 tries? I need to do the front differential fluid on my truck here soon. Says around 2 quarts of capacity.
Thanks.
That's about what I got out, and replaced.
@@MyTorino
Yeah I ended up with almost 2 whole quarts. I found that a hard 1/8" water line works to get deep into the differential so I used that instead of the flimsy hose that came with the bleeder pump. Thanks for your direction!
were did u get hand pump to pump fluid back in
You can get them on amazon or I think Harbor Freight has them as well.
@@MyTorino cool thanks was wondering how to pump thick oil
How long was it to suck it out
I think it was around 15 minutes or so,,,, Thanks for watching..
how many pints did it take
Thank you. Like #4
very interesting video mate
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Your video has a hack attached ( pop up ) trying to get info… not good
water - I would change it again to get remainder of water out. Stop driving in rivers.