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Old Feb 3, 2014 | 12:13 PM
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Planning on doing the 4x4 gasket this weekend, came to the unit to and no oil leaking from sump ? yes before the jokes start it does have oil in it
any ideas? no oil on the floor or leaking etc ..

has it repaired it self after the drive out on sunday ?

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Old Feb 3, 2014 | 02:05 PM
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they don't have a sump gasket, it's a liquid gasket used on them

it may also be leaking from the o-ring on the side the diff goes into or the other side of the transfer shaft

and it's not as easy as "whipping off the sump" either as there is a fair amount of mechanicals to deal with, 5 hours in a garage with ramps and stuff it took when i did mine last time around
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Old Feb 3, 2014 | 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by dojj
they don't have a sump gasket, it's a liquid gasket used on them

it may also be leaking from the o-ring on the side the diff goes into or the other side of the transfer shaft

and it's not as easy as "whipping off the sump" either as there is a fair amount of mechanicals to deal with, 5 hours in a garage with ramps and stuff it took when i did mine last time around
I know its atleast a 6hour job, so "whipping the sump off" is just a phrase mate ,

it came from the bolt heads but today ive had nothing not a drop
checked oil levels all ok not low , so im puzzled
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Old Feb 3, 2014 | 10:14 PM
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Did you drop a bit of oil when topping up ?
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Old Feb 3, 2014 | 10:23 PM
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rare for a sump to leak really like above post maybe top up or such?
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