Need some help diagnosing a diff / oil leak
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Virginia Beach
Posts: 160
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Need some help diagnosing a diff / oil leak
Just recently pulled my skid plate off to do an oil change, noticed i had a lot of residue from some kind of lubricant on the top side of the skid plate. It just looked like the greese from the cv joints since both just blew out. However, after doing an oil change and letting the truck sit over night I saw a decent sized puddle under the 4wd half shaft on the passengers side. I thought it was oil so I checked my valve cover- it definitely could use a replacement but didnt appear to be leaking much if anything. I smelled the fluid and it had a definite diff fluid smell to it. So can diff fluid leak out of this area or is it just leaking down this way from higher up on the engine?
Last edited by BMWToyotaMan; 01-23-2011 at 01:29 PM.
#7
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Virginia Beach
Posts: 160
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I couldnt see it leaking from anywhere up there. the one spot it could have leaked from would have put it in a different spot towards the front of the truck, not over the front axle.
It seemed like the consistancy of normal oil but just smelled like diff oil, thats whats throwing me off.
It seemed like the consistancy of normal oil but just smelled like diff oil, thats whats throwing me off.
Trending Topics
#9
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Salt Lake City UT
Posts: 36
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The power steering pump and high pressure feed hose is on the passenger side... Both power steering fluid and gear oil have quite the distinguished smells...
#10
Contributing Member
If it smells like diff oil, then it probably is. Motor oil, when I smell it from my finger doesn't have much scent. Diff oil does. Sounds like an axle seal. Guess is that when you changed your CV boots, you either damaged the seal, or it was already ready to go when you pulled the CV's out.
#12
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Virginia Beach
Posts: 160
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Wheres the best place to get the oem half shafts? My dealer charges too much, any recommended websites? Not looking for off brand here.
Thanks for the help everyone.
Thanks for the help everyone.
#13
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Chicago
Posts: 229
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
#15
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
the1998sr5
95.5-2004 Tacomas & 96-2002 4Runners
15
07-14-2020 08:35 PM