scooby_doo_do Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 I've seen a few people saying about there Diff coller's leaking ? Quick question... I know its under the rear drivers side wheel, but how do i get to it to check and clean it ? and what does it look like ? (A smaller intercooler ??) And where can you check the level in it and fill it up from ? Just checking as i've never cleaned mine and i think i should......Lots of questions... Many thanks.... Craig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Diff cooler is only on the UK specs, it was never fitted to the imports out of the factory. JB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby_doo_do Posted December 4, 2002 Author Share Posted December 4, 2002 Arrr......I wonder why that is ? Strange... Oh well.. Thanks anyway.. Back to work in the office on my own, god i hate the night shift ! Craig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 j-specs don't have 'em for the same reason they don't have bonnet vents etc.... 2 Words German / Autobahn's.... The UK spec is ALSO the Euro spec. The extra cooling was because the j-spec doesn't cut it on the Autobahn's day after day...extra cooling was added to make sure it all stayed in one piece. Also they know us Brits rag the fcuk out of our cars so they also made an allowance for that. The diff cooler sits behind the rear vent just aft of the passenger door....any air to oil cooler you can mount in that area will suffice..try Mocal, or a stock unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doughie Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 yep i think the Japanese basically up-specced the car because of the Germans hammering down the Autobahn. I think most of the Euro (and therefore UK) mods were based on the German Autobahn thing. brakes, diff cooler, turbos, bits and pieces like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Martin F Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 Originally posted by Alex Holdroyd The diff cooler sits behind the rear vent just aft of the passenger door....any air to oil cooler you can mount in that area will suffice..try Mocal, or a stock unit. If it's not there you could always try the drivers side You can't really just plumb in a cooler as the UK spec uses a pump to shift the oil to the cooler and in turn back again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted December 5, 2002 Share Posted December 5, 2002 UK spec does have a different diff as well, it has different internals to the normal one. Final gearing is set to give a higher top speed. JB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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