rear end question and gear oil...HELP

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I came home today and found a puddle of gear oil under the rear of my car...now i just added a rear end girdle...so when i filled it up it took like 4 quarts! i was like damn thats alot....but i filled it till i could just touch the oil with my finger in the level check.....my car has been sitting in the driveway since saturday....did this happen b/c of too much fluid? it appears to have come out of the vent on the pass side cause the housing is wet and the puddle is under the pass side, maybe a 1/4 of a quart came out.....should i drain some more?

 

timewarped1972

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well can you see where it's coming from?? theres the axle vent, then the pinion seal, then the rear end cover gasket......

never mind i re read you said vent.......i'm thinking 3 or 3,75 max........but i could be wrong that does seem like alot, 4 quarts

 

timewarped1972

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3.75 pints, not quarts, is what my manual says

 

ram360

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if it's not leaking from the cover I say leave it.

 

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yea its not leaking from the cover or the seal....and the rear end girdle i have...the point of it was to strengthen the rear and allow me to add more oil.....so like state above ill leave it for now....any other input would be nice...if this happened to anyone

 

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bump

 

Roland69

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sounds like it was flung <--- is that even a word) up around the vent tube and when it was sitting in your driveway it drained what was in the tube and 4q does sound like a bit much so it's just puking the excess

 

Shakerhood

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Yeah it sounds over filled to me.

 

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you put way too much in there. 2 quarts max.

 

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Fill it up to the stock fill level hole, not the girdle hole!

 

HISSIN50

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Anytime you have excessive and unexplained oil leakage from your rearend, that's cause for concern.

I agree with all the other guys - it sounds overfilled.

Good luck.

 

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yea just to update......Mike you were right i was filling it up to the girdle hole and not the factory hole!!!!.....well nothing went bad and all is well now!