Situation with Differential Fluid
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Hello,
I have never work on chasis suspension before. But this weekend I started to change my front suspension which included controls, steering knuckle, and the axle. Upon changing the parts, i had a few delay in between which drag all the way out to today, but some of the process that have finish were taken out the whole driver side including the axle. As mention, i have never worked on suspension before, i came back today to work on my car and found that there was a leak and it came out where the axle had gone into. After doing some research i came to conclusion that this would also be known as the differential fluid. My question is, is this problem serious? Since i already have a mobil syn 75 90w, should i replace the oil fluid? And if so, how do i do it?
I have never work on chasis suspension before. But this weekend I started to change my front suspension which included controls, steering knuckle, and the axle. Upon changing the parts, i had a few delay in between which drag all the way out to today, but some of the process that have finish were taken out the whole driver side including the axle. As mention, i have never worked on suspension before, i came back today to work on my car and found that there was a leak and it came out where the axle had gone into. After doing some research i came to conclusion that this would also be known as the differential fluid. My question is, is this problem serious? Since i already have a mobil syn 75 90w, should i replace the oil fluid? And if so, how do i do it?
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i have a picture below, but im not sure if that is the differential drain plug
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Sorry for the 21 questions, but i have drained the oil, put in a gallon of water, and it fill up to about 3/4 of the bottle, so from my understanding 3 quarts would be the amount. But while draining the oil, i had troubles with finding where to pour the new oil in. And my other question is transmission fluid and the differential fluid take up the same oil.
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Sorry for the 21 questions, but i have drained the oil, put in a gallon of water, and it fill up to about 3/4 of the bottle, so from my understanding 3 quarts would be the amount. But while draining the oil, i had troubles with finding where to pour the new oil in. And my other question is transmission fluid and the differential fluid take up the same oil.
Just FYI, the proper way to read the dip stick is to warm up the transmission (drive for about 10 miles), then cycle the gear lever through every position. Once that's done, leave the engine running and put the transmission into Park. You can then go open the hood and read the dipstick (with the engine idling).
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The U140E was first in the ES300 in 1999, which uses Toyota T-IV fluid not Dexron. Always always look in your owners manual though, there may be different transmissions used depending on the market the car was sold in.
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