So I took my car in for it's first oil change yesterday (4,700 miles). The car was up in the air and I was looking around, when I noticed the rear axle was wet on the driver's side of the diff.
Apparently, on the 2010-11 cars, there is a little spring-loaded valve on the top of the axle to allow the fluid to expand/purge under high stress/racing conditions. There was quite a bit of fluid on the axle housing, so they applied brake cleaner and wiped it clean.
The smarter dude of the techs in the area checked my diff. fluid levels, thinking that maybe it was over-filled from the factory and was just bleeding off. The level was fine, he said.
I took the car to Roush today to get my axle-backs installed.
I looked at the axle and noticed some fluid present again, but not as much as before.
Has anyone noticed this on their 2011 GT? I'm going to take it to the dealer and have them replace the valve I think. They put it in my notes for it to be checked at the next oil change interval, but I think I'd rather figure this out now, than later.
Apparently, on the 2010-11 cars, there is a little spring-loaded valve on the top of the axle to allow the fluid to expand/purge under high stress/racing conditions. There was quite a bit of fluid on the axle housing, so they applied brake cleaner and wiped it clean.
The smarter dude of the techs in the area checked my diff. fluid levels, thinking that maybe it was over-filled from the factory and was just bleeding off. The level was fine, he said.
I took the car to Roush today to get my axle-backs installed.
I looked at the axle and noticed some fluid present again, but not as much as before.
Has anyone noticed this on their 2011 GT? I'm going to take it to the dealer and have them replace the valve I think. They put it in my notes for it to be checked at the next oil change interval, but I think I'd rather figure this out now, than later.