jbwilson3791
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- 2004 Ford Explorer
I'm admittedly not a mechanic but have had a lot of free time this summer and have been trying to become as self sufficient as possible. For the longest time I thought i had a small engine oil leak (a couple drops a week maybe). Finally got bored and decided to check it out, turns out it was actually gear oil leaking out of the front differential. It was accumulating at the low flat point below where the front differential black plate meets the case and dripping those occasional few drops (seems like sometimes it would go weeks without dripping and then drip multiple drops a day also). I saw a youtube video on how to flush the differential and reseal it with RTV so thats what i did and so far there has been no accumulation below this plate. My question is, do you think this defiantly fixed the leak? Because I was wondering if instead it could be the Pinion that was actually leaking and the gear oil was slowing follow the bottom of the differtial and building up there until it drips below the plate, because it does look like there is some moisture around that area? Just wondering if that is even a plausible situation, or I can wait and see. Thanks for any help.