Re: Weeping gear oil (rear diff)
 

On 19 Dec 2006 20:22:41 -0800, "jerryg" <Gregginn7@msn.com> wrote:

>Still no answer to the question of why does gear oil travel up the vent
>tube, and leak all over the garage floor. The level in the diff housing
>is quarter inch below fill hole. Bad oil? bad rear end? pressure? heat?
>abscense of gravity in that region?

Either their oil was contaminated with water, or they used a gear oil
that does not have anti-foam ingredients (ie, really cheap). They may
have also installed an incompatible additive. Give up on them, eat
the loss, and either take it somewhere else (that you've checked out
with your local BBB first), or change it yourself. Another option, if
you trust them to even touch your Jeep again, is to buy your own
lubricant and make them install it free. Personally, I wouldn't let
them touch it again if it were mine (the loss isn't that great). I've
used 85w140 in everything I've ever owned (mild winters with frequent
cold waves and killing frosts, hot summers, frequent moderately heavy
towing).

Dan.
>
>Greg

Re: Weeping gear oil (rear diff)
 

On 19 Dec 2006 20:22:41 -0800, "jerryg" <Gregginn7@msn.com> wrote:

>Still no answer to the question of why does gear oil travel up the vent
>tube, and leak all over the garage floor. The level in the diff housing
>is quarter inch below fill hole. Bad oil? bad rear end? pressure? heat?
>abscense of gravity in that region?

Either their oil was contaminated with water, or they used a gear oil
that does not have anti-foam ingredients (ie, really cheap). They may
have also installed an incompatible additive. Give up on them, eat
the loss, and either take it somewhere else (that you've checked out
with your local BBB first), or change it yourself. Another option, if
you trust them to even touch your Jeep again, is to buy your own
lubricant and make them install it free. Personally, I wouldn't let
them touch it again if it were mine (the loss isn't that great). I've
used 85w140 in everything I've ever owned (mild winters with frequent
cold waves and killing frosts, hot summers, frequent moderately heavy
towing).

Dan.
>
>Greg

Re: Weeping gear oil (rear diff)
 

On 19 Dec 2006 20:22:41 -0800, "jerryg" <Gregginn7@msn.com> wrote:

>Still no answer to the question of why does gear oil travel up the vent
>tube, and leak all over the garage floor. The level in the diff housing
>is quarter inch below fill hole. Bad oil? bad rear end? pressure? heat?
>abscense of gravity in that region?

Either their oil was contaminated with water, or they used a gear oil
that does not have anti-foam ingredients (ie, really cheap). They may
have also installed an incompatible additive. Give up on them, eat
the loss, and either take it somewhere else (that you've checked out
with your local BBB first), or change it yourself. Another option, if
you trust them to even touch your Jeep again, is to buy your own
lubricant and make them install it free. Personally, I wouldn't let
them touch it again if it were mine (the loss isn't that great). I've
used 85w140 in everything I've ever owned (mild winters with frequent
cold waves and killing frosts, hot summers, frequent moderately heavy
towing).

Dan.
>
>Greg

Weeping gear oil (rear diff)
 

Still no answer to the question of why does gear oil travel up the vent
tube, and leak all over the garage floor. The level in the diff housing
is quarter inch below fill hole. Bad oil? bad rear end? pressure? heat?
abscense of gravity in that region?

Greg

Re: Weeping gear oil (rear diff)
 

It is contaminated, usually from water.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

jerryg wrote:
>
> Still no answer to the question of why does gear oil travel up the vent
> tube, and leak all over the garage floor. The level in the diff housing
> is quarter inch below fill hole. Bad oil? bad rear end? pressure? heat?
> abscense of gravity in that region?
>
> Greg

Re: Weeping gear oil (rear diff)
 

It is contaminated, usually from water.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

jerryg wrote:
>
> Still no answer to the question of why does gear oil travel up the vent
> tube, and leak all over the garage floor. The level in the diff housing
> is quarter inch below fill hole. Bad oil? bad rear end? pressure? heat?
> abscense of gravity in that region?
>
> Greg

Re: Weeping gear oil (rear diff)
 

It is contaminated, usually from water.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

jerryg wrote:
>
> Still no answer to the question of why does gear oil travel up the vent
> tube, and leak all over the garage floor. The level in the diff housing
> is quarter inch below fill hole. Bad oil? bad rear end? pressure? heat?
> abscense of gravity in that region?
>
> Greg

Re: Weeping gear oil (rear diff)
 

It was just changed three weeks ago, could it be that bad??

Thanks guys,

Greg
Earle Horton wrote:
> That's what I'm thinking too. The fix is to remove the cover, clean the
> contaminated fluid out, and put fresh fluid of the correct type in there.
> Removing all of the contaminated fluid can be a problem, depending on what
> is actually in it. I think the real question is, "What did the local quick
> lube place do to this poor fellow's vehicle?"
>
> It's messy to change your own fluids, but then again this sort of thing
> hardly ever happens when you do.
>
> Earle
>
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:4588BC31.1D8E3ADC@cox.net...
> > It is contaminated, usually from water.
> > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > jerryg wrote:
> > >
> > > Still no answer to the question of why does gear oil travel up the vent
> > > tube, and leak all over the garage floor. The level in the diff housing
> > > is quarter inch below fill hole. Bad oil? bad rear end? pressure? heat?
> > > abscense of gravity in that region?
> > >
> > > Greg

Re: Weeping gear oil (rear diff)
 

It was just changed three weeks ago, could it be that bad??

Thanks guys,

Greg
Earle Horton wrote:
> That's what I'm thinking too. The fix is to remove the cover, clean the
> contaminated fluid out, and put fresh fluid of the correct type in there.
> Removing all of the contaminated fluid can be a problem, depending on what
> is actually in it. I think the real question is, "What did the local quick
> lube place do to this poor fellow's vehicle?"
>
> It's messy to change your own fluids, but then again this sort of thing
> hardly ever happens when you do.
>
> Earle
>
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:4588BC31.1D8E3ADC@cox.net...
> > It is contaminated, usually from water.
> > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > jerryg wrote:
> > >
> > > Still no answer to the question of why does gear oil travel up the vent
> > > tube, and leak all over the garage floor. The level in the diff housing
> > > is quarter inch below fill hole. Bad oil? bad rear end? pressure? heat?
> > > abscense of gravity in that region?
> > >
> > > Greg

Re: Weeping gear oil (rear diff)
 

It was just changed three weeks ago, could it be that bad??

Thanks guys,

Greg
Earle Horton wrote:
> That's what I'm thinking too. The fix is to remove the cover, clean the
> contaminated fluid out, and put fresh fluid of the correct type in there.
> Removing all of the contaminated fluid can be a problem, depending on what
> is actually in it. I think the real question is, "What did the local quick
> lube place do to this poor fellow's vehicle?"
>
> It's messy to change your own fluids, but then again this sort of thing
> hardly ever happens when you do.
>
> Earle
>
> "L.W.(Bill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:4588BC31.1D8E3ADC@cox.net...
> > It is contaminated, usually from water.
> > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > jerryg wrote:
> > >
> > > Still no answer to the question of why does gear oil travel up the vent
> > > tube, and leak all over the garage floor. The level in the diff housing
> > > is quarter inch below fill hole. Bad oil? bad rear end? pressure? heat?
> > > abscense of gravity in that region?
> > >
> > > Greg