Dear All,

I need some help. Technical manuals, something detailed about my car, like engine and gearbox parts. I want to undergo some intervention on the engine.

Mainly my question is, does my Coupe, have a LSD (limited Slip Differential)? Like the 2.0 20v Turbo?

If not, anyone knows is the gearboxes are the same, I mean, can we open one and put inside the LSD, or eventually just change the full gearbox of a 20V with LSD to the 16v.

Thanks a lot.

Hi, the 16VT (in fact all the turbo versions) have a viscodrive viscous coupling, so yours will have it!

Yea thats right, 16vt and the 20vt have limited slip diff.

My question is is the viscodrive a good LSD?

And does it ever need replacing after a certain number of miles/time or does it last for however long the cars life is?

Something iv always wondered, tbh i dont notice it in my 20vt or my old 16vt?

They have been known to wear out by 100,000miles but seems quite rare tbh.

Are then hard to replace?

Sniper said:

Are then hard to replace?

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Nope, once you have the driveshaft out (which is the tricky bit) it is fairly straight forward, but gear oil needs draining 1st

They're a totally sealed unit, and it's very very rare for them to fail. They don't seem to wear even after astronomical mileage either. They're not a Limited slip Diff strictly speaking, but a viscous coupling. It's quite basic but does the job brilliantly.

pinin__prestatyn said:

Hi, the 16VT (in fact all the turbo versions) have a viscodrive viscous coupling, so yours will have it!

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Thanks, clearer now. But wasn´t only the Turbo Plus versions that had the Viscodrice system?

Regards,

Pedro

Hi Pedro

In the UK we didn't have the "plus" option, all coupés sold here were in "Plus" trim. So I'm not sure for other countries.