AWD Cadillac ATS Front Differential Fluid Change

[@dmb989s7]

Just finished this in my driveway, ez pz! Your videos are helping my maintenance schedule not cost an arm and a leg!

[@sstressfl]

That’s awesome 💪😎 Thank you for the feedback 🙏

[@MARKluvsAZcards]

I have a 2017 ats and these videos give me motivation to give my car some tlc this summer. Shes been good to me so wanna keep her happy

[@sstressfl]

Changing the fluids on the ATS is a good idea to help it last a long time :)

[@MARKluvsAZcards]

@@sstressfl how's ur car do you still have it?

[@sstressfl]

@@MARKluvsAZcards I traded it in on this >>> kzbin.info/www/bejne/enW4Z6iXlM5qarM

[@401Impala]

I bought that pump about 2 months ago after watching your tranny fluid video. Best. Pump. Ever!

[@sstressfl]

It gets it done! 👍😎

[@w41duvernay]

@@sstressfl Where did you get it from?

[@sstressfl]

@@w41duvernayI got mine at Amazon amzn.to/492ZUiC

[@xxcessus]

Well done, impressed with your attitude regarding this 😊

[@sstressfl]

Thank you 🙏

[@VelleyIndustrial]

I think you can access the fill plug from above, also you only needed to remove the second bottom cover. I have a hand pump as well. Since you bought a quart and you only need a 1/2 qt. I use our to flush the pump. Clear tubing is better too.

[@sstressfl]

You are filled with great advice :) thank you for sharing!

[@w41duvernay]

Impressed with you using Amsoil SG fluid instead of GM' s lube. GM dealer wants 40 bucks a quart, and they recommend a change at 40k miles. Amsoil is half the cost, and they recommend a servicing at 80k, so I will not have to deal with this until I hit 200k. Important for this Uber driver.

[@sstressfl]

Ohhh man I like the amsoil. It’s a noticeable difference! And I called amsoil to confirm compatability. It’s the right stuff 💪 Perfect for someone who puts so many miles on there car like you 🙌

[@tomquinn607]

After the Army I bought a new 1973 AMF HD Sportster. From Day One it kept breaking. My dad (an aircraft mechanic) loved that XLCH because it always presented him with a problem to solve and he loved the challenge to make it right. I think you guys would have got along.

[@sstressfl]

Lol I once spent 3 hours talking to a friend about carbs and fuel delivery. Only stopped talking because we passed out at 1 am.

[@mplscarsales6652]

Thank you for these videos please do any all videos of any Maintaince you do on this car it’s hard to find the 3.6 videos all I see is the 4cylinder turbo videos

[@mvmartinson8805]

Thanks!

[@manuelramirezmagic]

Thank You 🙏 👍👍

[@Speedfrkscott1]

I'm not sure if I missed it, but how many miles are on your ATS when this service is recommended? Great video!

[@sstressfl]

Recommended at 45k, but my trans was shuddering much sooner. Dealership wouldn’t help me so I did it myself :) And thank you 🙏

[@snakewolf71]

Thanks for posting the links for the diff fluid and pump. I also have a question about your wheels, what make and model are those. My have bad curb rash. Or where did you get them? Please and thank you, plus another informative maintenance how to.. keep it going.

[@sstressfl]

Niche Misano wheels, 18 x 8, 5x115👍 Amazon is a good place to start. But other wheel places sell them too. I like Amazon cuz they are usually good about providing support if there is a problem. Hope that helps! Thank you for the encouragement 🙏

[@davidterceira7451]

Hey Mike, me again. How about anti-galling goop. Keeps it from sticking together. Magnet makes it worse. Great job!!

[@georgefernandez4734]

Amazing job

[@sstressfl]

Thank you 🙏

[@VelleyIndustrial]

But a good job, well done

[@r.serrano9377]

Hood that did the trick

[@grandamgtstreak]

I drive my 16 ATS4 for uber and I think I killed my rear differential its so loud I'm not sure if they sell rebuild kits or if I'm stuck buying a new one.

[@sstressfl]

The manual says "replace"... no parts break down, no assembly or disassembly instructions. Nothing. :( www.gmpartsdirect.com/v-2016-cadillac-ats--performance--2-0l-l4-gas/rear-suspension--axle-and-differential

[@rriiickyyy]

I got 13 cts4 and my diff and transfer case going need replacement . If i rebuild price is coming to close to new assembly

[@grandamgtstreak]

Yeah I ended up buying a used rear differential with 10k miles on it for $500 but unfortunately now my ATS is in the big junk yard in the sky some kid pulled out in front of me and I hit him going 38mph was not at fault but now I'm sad that my ATS is gone such a great car

[@rriiickyyy]

@@grandamgtstreak yikes sorry to hear that sucks

[@franwex]

My rear diff just went out too. What the heck is going on? It seems that a lot of them are going out.

[@chacebusness6451]

Do you have a video doing the rear diff by chance also?

[@sstressfl]

I do.... multiple lol Here is the one I did at about the same time I did the front kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHipl3qlnad7eLs

[@chacebusness6451]

@@sstressfl thank you very much! You explained it a lot better then all the other videos on KZbin. All the other videos I watched just confused me until I watched this one.

[@sstressfl]

@@chacebusness6451 thank you for the feedback 🙏

[@BobsGT235]

I have to ask, is that a coal furnace in your house? Also the garage is open to the basement? Boy, seems like it has kinds of fire code violations. Or is the house so old that it doesn't need to conform to the fire code? Just wondering. Anyway, good video.

[@sstressfl]

Its not technically a garage :) It's a garage door opening in the side of the basement. It's primarily for bringing fire wood inside for the wood burning furnace :) The house has two furnaces... an oil burner and a wood burner. Two thermostats up stairs. It can run on one or the other. Its a very safe and well built house. However, there are no residential standards in the State of Vermont. "Vermont does enforce building codes for commercial properties and multifamily rentals with three or more units. But he stresses there are no statewide building standards for single-family homes and no real recourse for unhappy customers." www.wcax.com/content/news/No-Standards-455655513.html

[@TheFuz1zy]

really

[@r.serrano9377]

Hope that did the trick

[@sstressfl]

It’s almost there! Tiny bit to work out yet 👍

[@she5152]

This is why you should never buy from cheap car lots, they buy from auctions.

[@sstressfl]

True! But I bought it from a ford dealer. The ford dealer received it as a trade in on a new suv. Previously it sat as a demo at a Cadillac dealership for a couple years with a spotless record. One owner drove it for 12 months. It proved too small. It was never in auction.