Leaking dif

Bongo Badness · Post by **Bongo Badness** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:14 pm

I moved the bongo the other day to load it up and noticed that where it had been parked there was a small patch of oil under where the diff had been.

The oil only appeared when the bongo was moved. I know that it was not there before.

Its as if it spat the oil out when it first moved off.

There is not a constant trail of oil and it only seems to happen after it has done a few miles.

i.e it does not happen if I have only moved it a few feet.

Any Ideas?

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:40 pm

Are we talking about the rear diff? You should be able to see where it's leaking from, cos' it's usually just rusty looking.

Bongo Badness · Post by **Bongo Badness** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:27 am

yes its the rear diff

ChrisEm · Post by **ChrisEm** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:12 pm

Could be that when the diff has been working the oil becomes warm and thinner and may be leaking out of the drain plug or similar????

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:30 pm

Have you had a look at the diff to see where it's leaking from - it should be fairly obvious?

parabat2 · Post by **parabat2** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:53 am

My front diff once spat the oil out of the breather hole. Apparently caused by the breather being blocked. It has been fine since it was cleaned.