It's an interesting discussion...I'm an old fart when it comes to gearbox and differential oils, even when the schedules say top up only required, I change both every 3-5 years irrespective of mileage. I find it a useful exercise in knowing I'm doing the 'right thing' for 'box/diff' longevity, check internal condition, colour, swarfing et al.DaveEFI wrote:That's interesting. In the BL SD1 service schedule, there is no oil change interval given for the manual box or rear axle. Only top up as required. They do list a change for the auto, though, at 24,000 mile intervals.
Inversely, I have a buddy who's heavily into zero cost bangernomics. He takes my spent oils and uses them in his snotters. We feel great as we're doing our 'thing' for environmental recycling