i was driving home last night from hockey and i was going about 80 mph,...all of a sudden my car starts jerking so i turn down the radio and i'm like wtf....about 10 seconds later i smell a horrible burning which smells like gear oil....i get off the next exit and pull over....nothing leaking...everything looks ok...so i drive the rest of the way home (about 10 miles)...when i got off the exit at home i slowed down to a stop light....everything seemed fine...then i took off and all i hear is my gears sounding like they are clunking around in the differential....but the thing that gets me is i just changed the fluid and it hasnt been leaking so i know there is enough in there....any ideas what this could be?...i wont get a chance to tear it apart til this weekend so i want some things to look for
My gears burned up....but not the ones your thinking of
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94TURBO5 O
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How much fluid did you add?
Did you keep adding until it overflowed out of the plug?
Did you add the correct diff oil?
Did you keep adding until it overflowed out of the plug?
Did you add the correct diff oil?
why did you say...... " But not the ones your thinking of" I suspected you ment the rear end gears before I read this. Check the inside of the rear rims to see if theres any gear oil there, if there is then you have a warn out seal somewhere.
mo_dingo
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Like 94SC50 said, did you add the friction modifier & gear oil, or just the gear oil?
You question is really speculative. I don't think we can help much until we know where the problem actually is.
Assuming you smell gear oil, you need to check out the pinion seal/diff. cover/fill plug/axle seals for leaking. If you smell it, it's leaking; No doubt about that.
Unless ALL of it has leaked out, then that is why you might not see the leak. I hope not though. The read end won't last long w/o any gear oil. Don't drive the car until you can check it out.
Scott
You question is really speculative. I don't think we can help much until we know where the problem actually is.
Assuming you smell gear oil, you need to check out the pinion seal/diff. cover/fill plug/axle seals for leaking. If you smell it, it's leaking; No doubt about that.
Unless ALL of it has leaked out, then that is why you might not see the leak. I hope not though. The read end won't last long w/o any gear oil. Don't drive the car until you can check it out.
Scott
alright...jacked the car up today and checked it out....there is a leak from the rear of the differential...i think its the universal joint?...or rear seal i guess....and i pulled off the filler cap and there was metal shavings all over it...opened up the gear box and cant really see any missing teeth but there is definelty a lot of little pieces of metal floating around in the fluid....any ideas?
94TURBO5 O
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Flush it out and replace the pinoin seal. You may not have done to much damage yet but it's hard to say w/o seeing it.
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