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Pinion shaft oil seal -up-date to oil leak
Hey all,
Maybe I should have continued the thread about trying to
figure out where my oil leak was but I found it - it's the
pinion shaft oil seal. Continued to try to find where
the oil was coming from on the rear half of the car and
when I opened the battery box lid on my BN6, there was
a new source of oil collecting on the entire area ! Thought
it might be the seal at the front end of the pinion shaft and
unfortunately I was correct. Put the car on stands, started
it up and put it in gear and watched the oil start a constant
drip right out where the oil seal is located. Thank goodness
I had just filled the diff case as a precaution to getting
the car on the road again. Don't know how much I lost but
would suspect a fair amount. No grinding noises or smelly
bearings so think I still have enough in there but now have
to fix the seal. Looks pretty straight forward to replace
per the manual. Anyone have any tips, advice, hard liquor
I can drink to prepare for this, etc ???? Just what I wanted
to do, replace that oil seal.
Regards,
Mike
Hey all,
Maybe I should have continued the thread about trying to
figure out where my oil leak was but I found it - it's the
pinion shaft oil seal. Continued to try to find where
the oil was coming from on the rear half of the car and
when I opened the battery box lid on my BN6, there was
a new source of oil collecting on the entire area ! Thought
it might be the seal at the front end of the pinion shaft and
unfortunately I was correct. Put the car on stands, started
it up and put it in gear and watched the oil start a constant
drip right out where the oil seal is located. Thank goodness
I had just filled the diff case as a precaution to getting
the car on the road again. Don't know how much I lost but
would suspect a fair amount. No grinding noises or smelly
bearings so think I still have enough in there but now have
to fix the seal. Looks pretty straight forward to replace
per the manual. Anyone have any tips, advice, hard liquor
I can drink to prepare for this, etc ???? Just what I wanted
to do, replace that oil seal.
Regards,
Mike