Quote:
Originally Posted by Sundevil
I am also having a "mysterious" leak in the same location. Over the weekend I cleaned everything off and then let the motor run for a while and rev'd the engine. did this a couple times and no leak. Then drove the car a little and the leak was on the garage floor. Mine is dripping off the housing and through the first opening in the metal skid plate. My only concern is that I thought differential oil is incredibly smelly and me and my wife (she was very pleased when I asked her to smell my finger) thought it didn't smell. I pulled the dip stick and we both concluded that the oil smelled completely different. Is there any other way to verify motor oil vs. differential oil? Or am I over thinking this and should I just replace the seals?
|
The fact that the oil is leaking from the same location as in the picture and the fact that both you and your wife were able to determine that the engine oil was not the same smell as the oil on the floor, that will leave you to the obvious conclusion that it is differential (Gear Oil) oil.
There's a procedure in Bentley in which the cv joint is not removed from the spindle/upright, but the entire upright and axle is removed from the car. The differential seal and the leaky o-ring can then be changed.