Can anyone help me troubleshoot this possible leak that I have somewhere on my rear axle on my 2015 LX570 w/ 111,230 on the ODO. I went back to work yesterday after being off work for the past 5 days. During my 5 day off stretch, I have been consistently driving around like crazy in my LX570.
Yesterday, I made the 85 mile work drive with no issues, and yesterday evening my girlfriend sent me the picture of the stain on our inclinded. Surprisingly, when she took the picture, she stuck her finger on the stain to smell it, then went into the garage, and started smelling the coolant, and liquids out so she could tell me what it was...kudos to her.
This really started driving me crazy once I saw the picture she sent because the whole days I have been off, their has been no issues, and their has been no stains in the driveway b/c I look everytime I come and go. Of course the day I don't look, I get a suprise picture lol.
I spent my dinner break crawling around under my car and found the pumpkin on my rear axle wet, and it looks like the diff fluid might have got flung around during the drive, because there is diff fluid on the spare tire where it faces the diff, on the rear bumper, on the rear hatch, and some of the rear window.
After work last nite my buddy and I dropped the spare, and I got underneath and looked around and noticed the top of the rear pumpkin it a little more wet than the other areas. I also noticed while feeling around, the my breather tube on tue passenger side, is wet as well.
Is it possible that my differential vent & breather tube are clogged, and are the culprit of this leak due to the constant change in the weather we have been having?
I watched a couple of videos on YT this morning and they all said that this is a common issue diff vents and breather tubes on the Toyota rear axles due to rust build up.
I have never had this issue with any of my other Land Cruisers, so I don't know how to troubleshoot this issue to find the problem. I feel like this is way to early of a problem to have on this vehicle
Yesterday, I made the 85 mile work drive with no issues, and yesterday evening my girlfriend sent me the picture of the stain on our inclinded. Surprisingly, when she took the picture, she stuck her finger on the stain to smell it, then went into the garage, and started smelling the coolant, and liquids out so she could tell me what it was...kudos to her.
This really started driving me crazy once I saw the picture she sent because the whole days I have been off, their has been no issues, and their has been no stains in the driveway b/c I look everytime I come and go. Of course the day I don't look, I get a suprise picture lol.
I spent my dinner break crawling around under my car and found the pumpkin on my rear axle wet, and it looks like the diff fluid might have got flung around during the drive, because there is diff fluid on the spare tire where it faces the diff, on the rear bumper, on the rear hatch, and some of the rear window.
After work last nite my buddy and I dropped the spare, and I got underneath and looked around and noticed the top of the rear pumpkin it a little more wet than the other areas. I also noticed while feeling around, the my breather tube on tue passenger side, is wet as well.
Is it possible that my differential vent & breather tube are clogged, and are the culprit of this leak due to the constant change in the weather we have been having?
I watched a couple of videos on YT this morning and they all said that this is a common issue diff vents and breather tubes on the Toyota rear axles due to rust build up.
I have never had this issue with any of my other Land Cruisers, so I don't know how to troubleshoot this issue to find the problem. I feel like this is way to early of a problem to have on this vehicle
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