Miles Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 There is a vent hole on top of the R200 differential. What would cause gear lube to be blown out of the vent hole? Thanks Miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 The pumpkin diiff may have been overfilled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 I had this very same problem for about 2 years. Then one day I popped one of the half-shafts out of the side (the car was up on jacks, but level), and oil poured out. It was not even a cup of oil, but after I reinstalled the shaft, I found that I never had problems with oil blowing out the top vent tube any more. I guess I had put too much oil into the case when I installed it. I am still perplexed as to why a slight overfill would cause oil to vent out though. The vent tube is baffled, so this still puzzles me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zfan Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Ditto, same problem as I had. Too much diff. oil. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Posted November 4, 2002 Author Share Posted November 4, 2002 Overfill of gear lube makes sense. The problem seems to have gone away. The gear lube got onto the exhaust pipe and left some burnt oil stains. I'll be more careful next time I change the gearlube. Also, the plastic pipe that goes into the vent hole broke off so I may try to work some tubing into the hole and route it so it drains to the ground. Thanks Miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Miles..on the bright side..with oil spewing out of the pumpkin vent spout...automatic rust protection to the tail setion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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