On Jan 25, 2006, at 17:01, Jay & Dana wrote:
> A couple days ago I noticed about half a cup of oil under the engine
> of my truck.
a half cup? That's a LOT to leak out of a diff that only holds like 2
pints. That would probably cover like 2 square feet on the ground....
remember how far liquids spread on the ground.
> (97 Dak, 318, 4x4). I've always had a flat piece of cardboard under
> the engine in my garage to check if there is any leaks. I found out
> it came from the vent tube top from the front axle just under the
> stock airbox.
odd, I'm remembering my vent tube being on the passenger side of the
radiator up at the top of the core support. unless that was the tcase
vent?
> I changed this fluid to redline synthetic about 2 years ago. It's
> never leaked before from there and hasn't since. Any ideas what would
> cause this one time occurrence?
>
the only way for fluid to leak out the vent tube is either for it to
get displaced by something else in the diff (water?) or for the diff to
get hot enough that the fluid expands enough to push some out. it
would have had to be severely overfilled to do that though, I think.
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