Diff oils? also stiff clutch after water crossing

[Rienoh]

Hey,

Ive been searching for an hour now so I hope im not doubling up.

Ive got an 09 Ml 3.2 (GLX) and just got back from the Cape

It seems that I cannot fit diff breathers due to the just being a push in job?

Either way I went without them and am going to do all the oils on the 75000 which is now due.

What oils are people using? (link to a thread if ive doubled up is fine)

Also after a few water crossings my clutch was really stiff for a fair while, anyone know why or how I can prevent this?

Thanks guys

[schem81]

U can modify that plastic push in breather and fit the longer breather hose to it. Myself and a few other have done it. Also snoozy and deanoh69 had stiff clutches after a water crossing on the last trip to the high country. I think once it all dried out it went back to normal. U may just wanna confirm with them on that issue. But as long as u didnt change gears during the crossing I think ull be fine.

[Cowboy Dave]

Most of the MLs had a breather already and it was the MNs that had the push in thing - on the rear diff anyway.

The clutch thing is pretty common, I reckon I've seen that posted about a few times before.

Your owners manual tells you the grades of oils to use. When I had to do mine I wasn't exactly spoilt for choice. I think I went with mostly castrol products from memory. Depends what shops you have near you and what they stock, and then whether you're prepared to pay a bit extra for some sort of premium product.

[Snooozy]

Hey,

Ive been searching for an hour now so I hope im not doubling up.

Ive got an 09 Ml 3.2 (GLX) and just got back from the Cape

It seems that I cannot fit diff breathers due to the just being a push in job?

Either way I went without them and am going to do all the oils on the 75000 which is now due.

What oils are people using? (link to a thread if ive doubled up is fine)

Also after a few water crossings my clutch was really stiff for a fair while, anyone know why or how I can prevent this?

Thanks guys

yeh, mine was quite firm & came on suddenly about an hour after the river crossing . It came good over the next couple of days & is back to normal now.
I never depress the clutch when doing water crossings, that could be very bad

I fitted breathers to rear diff & g/box, transfer case. front diff already has breather high up on the firewall. check my build thread for details pg 4 & 6 has pics

[Rienoh]

Thanks guys,

Snoozy ill check it out and then see what materials we have at work to replicate

[fridgie]

Yep, the clutch is a pretty common issue after water crossings.

Mine (all 3 thus far) have all done it.

[Brayden09ml]

hey guys has any body done gear box and transfer case breathers on an ml?? do manuals have them?? just doing all mine now and wondering what the go is. cheers in advance!!

[fridgie]

hey guys has any body done gear box and transfer case breathers on an ml?? do manuals have them?? just doing all mine now and wondering what the go is. cheers in advance!!

Straight from the forum directory under "Breather Install"
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8031&p=152709&hilit=breather#p152709

Especially for the ML, pretty much everything has been covered. Bookmark the link in my signature for the forum directory. It will answer 99% of your questions