Front Diff Issue (Leak)

[LittleBeast]

J - I wish I could answer your question but I am dizzy from all those circles. Generally though, gasket maker doesn't work at the outside of the seam and it has to be squished inside the seam to work. I think adding silicone/more gasket maker without separating the two pieces of the housing would just send the leak to another spot until that silicone falls off.

Agreed but it is a quick easy try to patch it up for now but highly unlikely to actuality fix the problem. Sorry for the slow reply we have our conference track meet this weekend and I was at the track for 15 hours straight today and 13 hours straight yesterday however after the meet yesterday a girl I know here in Houston had 3 extra tickets to the Lackers Rockets game so I invited some of my buddies it was awesome best game I have ever been to. We sat just behind David Stern and Jeff Bagwell!!!!!

[kodiak]

This is the very very very slow leak I have on mine and from what I understand it’s the same leak that Bart has as well, it’s been that way for over a year and my dif fluid level hasn’t changed at all. I’ll keep an eye on it, but for now I’m leaving it be.

[LittleBeast]

This is the very very very slow leak I have on mine and from what I understand it’s the same leak that Bart has as well, it’s been that way for over a year and my dif fluid level hasn’t changed at all. I’ll keep an eye on it, but for now I’m leaving it be.

Not trying to call you a liar clearly, but from this one photo that liquid looks like it has a green tint to it and hence I would believe it is coolant not diff fluid, but the position of the wet spot is exactly where the front axle seal would leak from. Maybe it is just the flash that made it look like coolant

[kodiak]

Not trying to call you a liar clearly, but from this one photo that liquid looks like it has a green tint to it and hence I would believe it is coolant not diff fluid, but the position of the wet spot is exactly where the front axle seal would leak from. Maybe it is just the flash that made it look like coolant

Antifreeze was what I thought at first too, it doesn’t feel or smell like Antifreeze. I’ve had the fluid checked at each oil change and it’s not green. So who knows?
I thought it mite be the glycerin from brake fluid that happened to collect some paint on the way down but I don’t see any brake fluid leaks either.

[nfpgasmask]

Yeah, that's weird. My leak is in the same spot, but it is definitely not greenish. The fluid that comes out is definitely diff fluid. It's almost clear with a very slight brown tint, and it is smell like diff fluid.

Bart

[LittleBeast]

Yeah, that's weird. My leak is in the same spot, but it is definitely not greenish. The fluid that comes out is definitely diff fluid. It's almost clear with a very slight brown tint, and it is smell like diff fluid.

Bart

And what a smell that stuff has!!!!! My house/garage has smelled like that for the last few weeks, I am taking my precious time with my current VX poroject.

[VX4EJR]

So it seems, I have something just like this...a leak or some kinda oozing of perhaps axle oil from two points on the diff on the passenger side below. I am pretty sure it's axle oil, nothing coming from above that I can see but this seems to be an oozing not a drip drip leak onto the floor. The round inner axle joint is covered in black oily stuff, I wiped it away a little as you can see (the driver's side joint has nothing like this on it). And the bottom of the diff casing has a little bit of black gunk coming from what looks like the seal..I guess.
Can't understand how something like this could happen, the VX has only seen streets but prior to this I did have an odd occurrence of "loose" bolts on the passenger side control arm to the frame that had to be tightened. Don't know how that could've happened...out of nowhere had some weird brake noises on the front passenger side wheel, took it to an Isuzu service shop and they found the umm magically "loose" bolts.




Plus, a closer look while I was under there at the steering gear housing shaft shows a visible blackish substance making its way down...this didn't look normal as I would think the assembly would/should be sealed(?).