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Old Dec 26, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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when i first changed the oil in my axel it was whit and milky...cleaned it all out with brake cleaner....refilled it with sythetic 75w90 and a bottle of gm additive...last week i changed my motor oil and thought i would check my rearend oil...and it was once again milky...i dont belive that is normal..could there be moisture getting into the axel? where?
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Sounds like water.... Should be dark green or black....... SOME... metalic flake... almost like glitter
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Sounds like water.... Should be dark green or black....... SOME... metalic flake... almost like glitter
yea, where is it coming from? i havent noticed it to leak any.
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no body knows why my rearend fluid is turning milky after change?
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Check the vent... or the tubes
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Check the vent... or the tubes
i looked at it, but i dont know what to look for...
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anyone know where the moisture could be coming from? is the plastic breather thingy on the housing supposed to have a hose connected to it?
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it could be coming from your axel bearings. there are seals there
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is that hard to replace? i know how to slid the axels out...and i have the bearings..
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Originally Posted by yeller_xtc
anyone know where the moisture could be coming from? is the plastic breather thingy on the housing supposed to have a hose connected to it?
Yes! And the hose should have a plastic cap thingie on the other end and should be up high enough so that when you go fording through rivers, that no water will come in the hose
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Yes! And the hose should have a plastic cap thingie on the other end and should be up high enough so that when you go fording through rivers, that no water will come in the hose
ok let me get this thing straight...there should be a hose on the white plastic breather thingy with another plastic thingy at the end...anybody got a pic of what needs to be there???? please????
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GM didn't include a hose on the breathers in our cars. There is a thread around that someone bought the pieces from GM to run a hose up higher than the breather with a loop in the hose. This was to keep oil and vapors from coming out of the housing though and not to keep water out. You shouldn't be getting water through the breather unless you have a tendency to drive through water that's up to your doors all the time.
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GM didn't include a hose on the breathers in our cars. There is a thread around that someone bought the pieces from GM to run a hose up higher than the breather with a loop in the hose. This was to keep oil and vapors from coming out of the housing though and not to keep water out. You shouldn't be getting water through the breather unless you have a tendency to drive through water that's up to your doors all the time.
ok, no i dont drive threw high water. but when i first changed my rearend oil it was white milky...then last week i loosen the bolt to check the fluid after running about 3 weeks after the change and it was milky again...so moisture is getting in there somewhere somehow..
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