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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 07:48 PM
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Ok so my old man was changing his diff fluids today and as he was putting the last bit of oil in his front diff he noticed some lumps come out of the bottle.so i look in the bottle to find this hard dirt like substance in the oil so i looked at all the bottles and noticed every one had this.

In my experience with diff fluids an oils in general I've never seen this crap! Another reason i will never put a lucas oil product in my jeep!
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 07:57 PM
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Was not happy with their transmission oil either. Put it in and two days later my tranny went out.....
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Marks2000XJ
Was not happy with their transmission oil either. Put it in and two days later my tranny went out.....
logically it must be the fluids fault. its not like you put their fluid in a new 0 mile tranny that had been fully tested. I usually blame my wall power too when my electronics break.


OP sorry you feel that way and got a **** bottle quality control is never perfect. Iv never had a problem with Lucas but maybe Iv just been lucky. the fluid in that pic looks super dark maybe its just the light though
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by The_ocho

logically it must be the fluids fault. its not like you put their fluid in a new 0 mile tranny that had been fully tested. I usually blame my wall power too when my electronics break.

OP sorry you feel that way and got a **** bottle quality control is never perfect. Iv never had a problem with Lucas but maybe Iv just been lucky. the fluid in that pic looks super dark maybe its just the light though
The thing is it wasn't just the one it was in four of the other bottles we put in so really not happy about this

Also sry for the bad pick
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 08:13 PM
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Heres a better pic of whats in the oil
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 08:13 PM
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It wont hurt anything been using it for yrs with the chunks.
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 08:18 PM
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Test out their warranty/ customer service. Tell them about it.
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 08:21 PM
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i use that diff fluid but i've never had a problem. how old is it?
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 08:23 PM
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Ive run there stuff for yrs in my big rig not one issue.
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by guardinocherokee
i use that diff fluid but i've never had a problem. how old is it?
Just got the stuff last week
And the only thing that could be a date on the bottles are this
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by guardinocherokee
i use that diff fluid but i've never had a problem. how old is it?
What? oil in general, couple of million years......
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 08:49 PM
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I personally have not been made a fan of Lucas yet, but this gives me a reason to wait and see a little longer.
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Old Apr 20, 2013 | 10:55 PM
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Lucas is bottom-shelf product, with a high price tag.
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 07:41 AM
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I use good 'ol standard 80W90 dino oil in my diffs.

Never had one blow chunks or wear out yet.
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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by belvedere
Lucas is bottom-shelf product, with a high price tag.
It's cheaper than royal purple !
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