Fluid Expansion? I'm stumped.
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Fluid Expansion? I'm stumped.
I was under the F250 today replacing my freshly-balanced rear drive shaft (another story) and when I was finished I decided to check the fluid levels in the rear diff and transfer case. Diff was fine, but...
...when I pulled the fill plug on the t-case some of the fluid started coming out...and coming...and coming. I'm used to seeing maybe a little bit due to temperature expansion or whatever, but I ended up with about a cup of extra fluid before it quit.
What gives? The truck is sitting level and I can't imagine how I would have put so much extra fluid in there last time I serviced the T-case, which was about 10k miles ago.
Should I just drive it and not worry about it or what?
...when I pulled the fill plug on the t-case some of the fluid started coming out...and coming...and coming. I'm used to seeing maybe a little bit due to temperature expansion or whatever, but I ended up with about a cup of extra fluid before it quit.
What gives? The truck is sitting level and I can't imagine how I would have put so much extra fluid in there last time I serviced the T-case, which was about 10k miles ago.
Should I just drive it and not worry about it or what?
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I had a seal bad on my Ramcharger between the trans and the t-case that caused the same thing to happen. When I bought the truck the t-case had so much fluid in it the output shaft seal stared to leak at the rear. You should fix it before it causes more problems.
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I think I'm just going to keep monitoring this and if it continues to happen over the next couple months I might split the two and have a look.
Thanks, guys!
