<VV> Does diff share oil with PG?

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Perhaps oil blew out the diff  vent and was pooled on the top cover until you tipped it?

RCS



 
> On Jul 23, 2019, at 5:09 PM, Charles Sadek via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
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> From: On Behalf Of Charles Lee via VirtualVairs
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> Main question: Does the LM (or any Corvair) diff share oil with PG? 
> 
> **** No. 
> 
> The PG does not appear to leak and was OK when I first got the car.
> 
> I tilted my '65 110 PG to work on the starter.
> Before working the floor was (almost) clean, but when I tilted the driver's
> side of car, I have a leak from the inboard rt side strut bolts.
> *** Doubt it is from there.
> I inspected around the area for the source ~ the big side "nut" on the diff
> seems clean, but oil was dripping from the lower strut rod bolt heads while
> I pulled the starter out, and pooled a LOT of oil in that short time.
> 
> ***Sounds like coming from the axle yoke seal. Lower strut rod bolt holes
> normally do not go thru into diff cavity. 
> 
> The car has not been driven at all in the last few weeks.
> I removed the bolts (without removing the strut rod bracket from the diff)
> and cleaned the oil up to let her sit overnight.
> 
> Next day, there is no more noticeable oil on the brackets or on the floor.
> 
> ***Again, doubt the oil came from the bolt holes. Sitting over night, if it
> had leaked from a bolt hole, there would at least be a seepage even if diff
> was sort of empty
> 
> So, all of the oil leaked out, or the oil level is below the leak?
> 
> ***Oil level is beneath axle yoke seal. The big square nut is the oil check
> hole. Differential fluid/oil should be at bottom of that hole.
> 
> Any insights I need to figure this out?
> 
> 
> 
> Charles Lee
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