What is the cause and was it preventable??
My 2005 Dodge Ram 2500 Diesel has a little over 100k miles. Overall and "good old truck", but a recent inspection reveals front and rear differential seals need replacing. Leaks were spotted by a loc...
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Golden_HVAC wrote:
There is a couple of gallons of rear axle fluid,
Fred.
I have changed a lot of differentials fluid and have never seen one that held a couple of gallons.
Most are around 3 quarts.
But pinion seals tend to leak fluid slowly. Due to the fact tat the fluid level at rest is usually below that of the seal. Fluid normally only contacts the seal when the gears are rotating and splash it up there.
So many pinion seal leaks can be managed a long time by simply topping it off at oil change time.
Google is my friend.
Depending on what axle it has the capacity will range from 7 to 10.2 pints.
