joe002

Yeah 44s. I noticed that smalls just installed SOLID covers, so I figured they used up a little extra oil too.

Up front I put in 1.5 quarts (FSM 1.35 quarts), and it was a tad too much. During the summer I got a little blow out of the breather tube.

blkpearl

x3 looks like you may have over filled......if you look at the above pic with the diff cover and line.....if you actually filled that diff up to the fill hole.....since the hole is above the axle shaft and seal it will leak alot.......do you have factory cover or after market cover?

smalls

SOLID covers.


I overfilled the front even more actually. So much that its coming out the breather. But not the seals.

AZJeeper

Makes sense that it wouldn't in the front since the seals are by the diff itself. In the back, the seals are at the ends of the axles.

smalls

And the lesson just keeps going.

What would I do without this forum?

Thanks man.

AZJeeper

Most of my experience comes from years of hands-on with various Jeeps, searching the web, hanging out at auto shops, and this forum - not necessarily in that order!!

smalls

If the problem is my axle seals, will the oil continuously leak at this spot, or will it only leak when there is pressure on the seals?

I guess my confusion is what to do now that I am at the correct oil levels...

Wash it off underneath, run it and see if it leaks.... or just see if it leaks on its own...or something else?

Little Fella

Keep in mind that there may be residual fluid from before the diff cover swap which may eat up some of the capacity...

RedneckJeep

There is, of course another possibility. You may have found a "weak" axle seal. Synthetic oils tend to flow so much better than carbon based materials that they can very well make a leak "happen" where conventional carbon based oils would not.

smalls

Even if this is the case. Will an axle seal leak when sitting, or only when driving?

Or does it just depend on how bad the seal is?