[Ythadzz]

I did my 2013 Titanium 2.0T 81,000 miles rear-diff today...the fill plug (no drain plug) was the 5/16th Allen style which I had to cut part off to allow clearnece to undo the bolt. I approached the plug from the top down as the rear cross frame has a lip reducing angle clearance. The magnet was FULL of sludge. I tried to extract as much fluid as I could with a brake bleeder vacuum pump and it was SO THICK and DARK.
Once I got to the point of no more fluid (diff-case does not allow for easy insertion of suction tube to the bottom..) I then pumped in 1 pint of NEW fluid till it slowly dripped out.
At some point I'll do the process again now that fresh NEW oil is mixing with the OLD fluid.

Clearly these are not sealed for life and need attention (and apparently are NOT filled to level from the factory)

Do you any pictures to share so i can follow? Im planning to change my rear diff of my 2013 escape SE. Thank you

 

[Ythadzz]

i think ford don't want us to repair our own car, i replace my lateral link at the rear it's very tight space the t60 bit socket & ratchet won't fit in.