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p_gill



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Congratulations on getting the fill plug out.


Does your Differential look worse than this?

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Mine definitely weeps a little on the fill side (as you can see from the picture) and its significantly cleaner on the far side.

The leak rate is so slow that I don't add any fluid between changes every 50,000 miles.

Post a picture of your diff if you get a chance.

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kris-p wrote:
Yay, success! I used a bit of WD40, left it for a day, then got a proper good quality socket, which did the job. But man, it was tight!

However, when I removed the plug, to my surprise I found out there was too much oil, as it started leaking out. I drained about 50ml of the old oil. Actually, I have a bit of leak through the seal on the left hand side of the diff, so maybe that was the reason.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions!

Now I will just do the proper oil change.

I had same leak on rear drive shaft,checked oil level after diff /hadex repair found diff over filled,cleaned off oil, now no leak.

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Worms



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I had a similar experience with a weep of diff fluid from the output oil seal, but every time i checked the fluid level more was coming out. Turned out to be Haldex to diff seal that was poorly seated. 2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
2010 MY FL2 TD4e GS - Now gone at 199,500 miles, about 135,000 of them mine.
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel

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kris-p



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Australia 2010 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Fuji White

p_gill wrote:
Congratulations on getting the fill plug out.


Does your Differential look worse than this?

Click image to enlarge


Mine definitely weeps a little on the fill side (as you can see from the picture) and its significantly cleaner on the far side.

The leak rate is so slow that I don't add any fluid between changes every 50,000 miles.

Post a picture of your diff if you get a chance.


I already cleaned some of the oil leak. May not be so apparent in the picture, but it was obvious the leak was originating in the left hub. I will see how I go that there is now the correct amount of oil.

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kris-p



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Worms wrote:
I had a similar experience with a weep of diff fluid from the output oil seal, but every time i checked the fluid level more was coming out. Turned out to be Haldex to diff seal that was poorly seated.


The output oil seal - would you mind describing which seal this is? Is it the same one that is leaking on mine?

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MotionInc



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^^^^^ Maybe it's this part? Some refer to is as a ring or gasket, LR030846.

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Worms



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I think mine was LR023440 2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
2010 MY FL2 TD4e GS - Now gone at 199,500 miles, about 135,000 of them mine.
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel

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p_gill



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United States 2008 Freelander 2 i6 SE Auto Tambora Flame

I assume that we are talking about this seal

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Thanks

Paul

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Worms



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Scotland 2010 Freelander 2 TD4_e GS Manual Zermatt Silver

Yep! That's the guy! 2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
2010 MY FL2 TD4e GS - Now gone at 199,500 miles, about 135,000 of them mine.
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel

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