Leaky Butt??
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Drifting
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From: Plymouth Wisconsin
St. Jude Donor '11-'12
Leaky Butt??
I've owned the car since March. Last weekend I did an AutoX event for the first time.
Today I pulled the car out of the garage and it was dripping a red fluid. (a few spots here and there)
Im not sure what the fluid colors are on these things. I know tranny is red, but what about the rest of the rear end?Im not sure where its coming from, just wondering where I should start looking?
The car has had the tranny replaced and rear end for 3.42's by the previous owner.
Thanks for any info.
Today I pulled the car out of the garage and it was dripping a red fluid. (a few spots here and there)
Im not sure what the fluid colors are on these things. I know tranny is red, but what about the rest of the rear end?Im not sure where its coming from, just wondering where I should start looking?
The car has had the tranny replaced and rear end for 3.42's by the previous owner.
Thanks for any info.
Le Mans Master
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From: PNW
Could simply be the vent puking fluid and/or the differential slightly over filled. See this thread:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...d-removal.html
I'm going to put an open breather on my differential vent this weekend and see if my occasional drips stop. I know it' not coming from my axle seal, as it's super dry. Could still be the LH side cover O-ring, but a puking vent and a bad side cover O-ring are hard to distinguish.
Check the level first ... it should be about a 1/4 inch below the fill hole when cold.
Also, so some searches for leaky differential, etc ... there must be literally 100s of threads about the leaky differential.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...d-removal.html
I'm going to put an open breather on my differential vent this weekend and see if my occasional drips stop. I know it' not coming from my axle seal, as it's super dry. Could still be the LH side cover O-ring, but a puking vent and a bad side cover O-ring are hard to distinguish.
Check the level first ... it should be about a 1/4 inch below the fill hole when cold.
Also, so some searches for leaky differential, etc ... there must be literally 100s of threads about the leaky differential.
Le Mans Master
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From: PNW
Look at the back end of the differential. You will see a plug about 1/2 way up that has an allen socket in it. Should also be a small sqare metal tag on it. That's the fill plug. The DRAIN plug is on the bottom of the differential.
Le Mans Master
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at the expense of stating the obvious, double check the drain plug on both the rear diff and the transmission....both of mine have leaked at times, at which point I went into panic mode and assumed the leaky rear. Ive since made a habit of keeping the whole rear assembly as clean as possible and on the occasion when I end up with a few drips on the garage floor, Ive looked up and found that it was generally one of the two drain plugs with a very minor leak. Most often happens when I drive the car all day and then it drops into the 30s at night. Im assuming some sort of metal expansion/retraction physics/metalurgey type thing.
