Leak from front transaxle?!

[whodatpat]

It is a 1996 XLT 4 door, V6, 4wd. There is a hose of some sort hanging down from the front "transaxle," where the drive shaft reaches the front axle. (Not the transfer case.) I can not find any info on this part in the uceless Haines manual. Anyhow, the hose not being conected wherever it should be has caused this gear oil to drain all over the underside of the explorer. I have zip tied it up so that it will stop leaking and cleaned the oil off the muffler.
What I need to know is where is it supposed to go? How much of what kind of oid should I put back in this thing?
Where is the plug?

 

[Baileybc]

leaking transfer case rear seal

Hi and I have a leaking transfer case rear seal, where the rear shaft attaches to the rear drive shaft. What is involved in repairing this seal? I can imagine a very difficult and expensive process to replace an $8 seal. The transmission was overhauled 12.4 months ago and I am 1,000 miles outside the 12,000 mile warranty on the trany job. Ford should have replaced this seal during the trany rebuild. Curiously, the new leak (only one on the 1997 rig) occurred a day following my oil change at the Ford oil change shop. Mark

 

[j602]

You don't have a transaxle. A transaxle is on a front wheel drive car and is a transmission and front axle combined into one. You just have a front axle, and the part that is leaking in the center of the axle is the differential. It sounds like it could be the pinion seal, but I'm not sure. The stock gear oil weight is 70-140, so just go buy some regular cheap gear oil to top it off and take it to a shop immediately.

 

[TPLYNCH]

The hose is the vent for the front differential. If the diffy is overfilled, or the fluid gets to hot, it will bubble out of the tube. Tying it up should solve the problem. You may still want to check the fluid level in the diffy however.

 

[Creager]

What I need to know is where is it supposed to go? How much of what kind of oid should I put back in this thing?

That thing is a vent hose. its there so hot ass air can escape when you drive for 3 hours straight. Its not supposed to go anywhere, its doing its job by dumping oil all over your muffler.

80w-90 (cheap stuff) should be fine. 70-90w if you are running stock gearing (not to sure... maybe) and 70-140w if you are running low gears (4.56+)

if its overfilled it will shoot fluid out the hose. It might not be a problem except for the mess it makes. You definatly want to check the fluid though

Drain the differential and refill it to the correct amount. That should solve the problem. If not, then something else is wrong

 

[CDW6212R]

There is a fill plug. Remove it, fill to just under the hole(3/16"), and hope that the diff. isn't hurt.

The vent hose has a metal clip attached to its end, and holds the vent hose to the front side of the left shock tower, pointing down.

I just finished removing my front differential to replace the three seals, axles, spindles, rotors, and brake lines. Good luck,
Don

 

[IZwack]

tying up a vent hose?

i dont think so...

i think TPLYNCH meant tying it up as in so its not dangling all over the place... not tie it up like in a knot or anything that would restrict air/fluid flow.

 

[Creager]

i think TPLYNCH meant tying it up as in so its not dangling all over the place... not tie it up like in a knot or something..

hahah that makes sense