I suggest you find a way to change it. We bought a 2013 Honda Crosstour AWD new. I changed the oil in the PTU at the first oil change. It did have a drain plug. The oil came our black and lumpy. Fill it with 75W140 rear end oil. Changed it every 2 or 3 oil changes after that. Always drained out looking new after the first change. Just my experience.
No transfer case drain plug?
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My old Pontiac Bonneville didn't have a drain plug and I really didn't want to pull the axles to remove the carrier. I siphoned what I could out of the fill plug hole. It took all day for it to drain but it worked.
C2 and C3 Corvettes differentials do not have a drain plug. You suck it out. Lame. Don't ask me how I know...
There's no drain for the rear diff either IIRC...and it may even be sealed on some models.
The PTU design for these, in a word, sucks. Small capacity, no cooling and tucked up between the transmission and exhaust with zero airflow so it gets plenty hot. Add to that the difficulty for drain/fill and it's a recipe for disaster. Lots of these blow up, even when maintained at 30k intervals.
OP, crossed fingers yours will be ok. Might want to get the stoutest 75w-140 you can find for the PTU. (Piece of Trash Unit)
Don't want to be a downer, rather give realistic expectations. We recently got rid of a Ford flex with the same PTU system, at only 52,000 miles after lots of repairs ...
