Month: January 2016

Draining the Rear Differential / Transaxle Fluid on an Aston Martin DB9

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Draining the Rear Differential Oil on an Aston Martin DB9
Draining the Rear Differential Oil

One item that pops up on the DB9 Annual Service requirement periodically is changing the rear differential / transaxle fluid.    To be clear this is NOT the transmission fluid (which in theory never needs changed).  I am covering only the process of draining the fluid in this post, and will cover changing/cleaning the filter and refilling the oil in the next post [I just don’t want the post to be too long].

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Removing the Rear Under Tray on an Aston Martin DB9

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Aston Martin DB9 Rear Under Tray Parts Diagram
Rear Under Tray

Removing the rear under tray on your DB9 might be needed for several service items.  The most likely is needing access to change the rear differential fluid as part of an annual service.

The good news it that it’s pretty easy and only takes a couple of minutes once you have the vehicle off the ground.   I don’t have a service lift or hoist, so I make due with a jack and stands.   Check out my other posts on:

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