leaking oil question.
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leaking oil question.
hey there just went outside to go work on my truck and noticed a nice size puddle of oil. the puddle wasnt huge but enough to get my attention. anyway i traced it and it is coming from the bottom of my front diff. its leaking from the bolt thing on the bottom. What is this called and what would i need to fix it??? The truck is a '92 v6 toyota pickup. thanks for the help
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Not trying to doubt wabfab, but just my opinion before you tear into it... Are you sure it's oil coming from the diff and not from the engine? Oil always runs down (gravity, of course), and a lot of times it ends up running down the diff and dripping off the drain plug for the diff. The back of my valve cover was leaking when I bought my 4Runner and it looked a lot like the diff was leaking because of the way it ran down and dripped off. My oil pan gasket was also a contributing factor, but it just ran right down off the front diff.
Easy way to be sure is by smelling the oil. Diff/gear oil will smell awful and will be thick and almost sticky. Engine oil, well... you probably know what that is like.
Good luck!
Easy way to be sure is by smelling the oil. Diff/gear oil will smell awful and will be thick and almost sticky. Engine oil, well... you probably know what that is like.
Good luck!
Last edited by conrad; 05-31-2010 at 12:42 PM.
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