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Brent P · June 14th 06, 06:15 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang

In article .com>, wrote:

>> Question: How in the world did you get water in your diff?

> No idea. A friend told me that going through a puddle can cause some
> water to get in through a top breather hole. (I guess that's what
> happened).

Not a puddle, but standing water...

> I'm still at a loss at what to do. Every time I went to a non-dealer
> mechanic, there was some sort of f-up and I wound up paying twice every
> time. On one hand, $1800 is still cheaper than a new car. The engine is
> in good shape so maybe I'll just go for it. Sorry for long boring
> rant....

Ok, since you don't want to / can't change the fluid yourself, here's a
couple ideas.

1) Go to another ford dealer, tell them it's making noise. You
don't know why, play dumb, have them look at it. If water got in there
they won't know it until they're in there if then.

2) Go to another ford dealer, say you want to have the diff fluid changed
as part of regular maintaince... if they say it doesn't need it, just say
you're anal about it and have it done. Don't tell them about noise or
water or anything else.

3) I have another idea if those two don't work. if a seal goes bad you
can have the seal replaced which includes replacing the fluid. Again go
to another ford dealer, don't talk about noise, it's leaking and it needs
to be fixed.