Weird rear leak
03-18-2007, 05:39 PM
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Weird rear leak
Today I backed out of my garage and noticed some oil on the ground. It was towards the back of my car, so I freaked out and looked at the diff. Diff was completely dry and didn't have any oil streaks on it; So then I assumed it was my shock that was blown. Checked, and it was dry as well. I even ripped apart my trunk to see if there was any fluid pooling on top of the tower and there was nothing there.
Upon further inspection I noticed it might be coming from a round rubber boot looking thing or something above it (not the axle boot though)
Does anyone know what the hell that thing is? What's it for? Why is fluid leaking out of it? What kind of fluid is leaking out of it? Am I in any immediate danger?
Upon further inspection I noticed it might be coming from a round rubber boot looking thing or something above it (not the axle boot though)
Does anyone know what the hell that thing is? What's it for? Why is fluid leaking out of it? What kind of fluid is leaking out of it? Am I in any immediate danger?
03-18-2007, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Project22a' date='Mar 18 2007, 06:39 PM
Am I in any immediate danger?
03-18-2007, 06:05 PM
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Holy moly
What exactly do you mean by diff oil? You mean the fluid is coming from the differential itself? Am I screwed? Can I still drive the thing? for how long? This looks very costly.
What exactly do you mean by diff oil? You mean the fluid is coming from the differential itself? Am I screwed? Can I still drive the thing? for how long? This looks very costly.
03-18-2007, 06:08 PM
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It's been leaking for no more than 2 days.
I don't understand how this works though, if it's just the diff mount, how is fluid coming out of the differential itself?
I don't understand how this works though, if it's just the diff mount, how is fluid coming out of the differential itself?
03-18-2007, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Project22a' date='Mar 18 2007, 07:08 PM
It's been leaking for no more than 2 days.
I don't understand how this works though, if it's just the diff mount, how is fluid coming out of the differential itself?
I don't understand how this works though, if it's just the diff mount, how is fluid coming out of the differential itself?
I dun't know
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03-18-2007, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Project22a' date='Mar 18 2007, 07:08 PM
how is fluid coming out of the differential itself?
What is important is that both diff mount's need to be replaced ASAP!!!
03-18-2007, 06:33 PM
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I talked to Billman, he said those things are liquid filled. It isn't oil from the diff itself. I found the parts for cheap, not sure how much the labor is gonna be though.