Strange issue -found- leaking differential seal
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Strange issue -found- leaking differential seal
I'm not sure what is wrong but it suddenly felt like it was under braking when I was on the highway, then started smoking from somewhere, so I pulled off the highway to look at it and it is idling fine and not smoking...If I rev it only the normal amount of smoke comes out the tail pipe. It dose smell a little bit strange...Also the po cut the cats out for some reason.....and did the worst job of rewelding I have ever seen....so now I'm stuck on the side of the road.
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Are you saying that your car won't move in drive? Or it will move but you have no brakes? The previous owner probably took the cats out to run a straight pipe setup which some ppl do when the modify the exhaust system but i don't see why that would affect your brakes. What year LS do you have/
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The car drives, but I'm about 30mith from my house and if it is the brakes I don't want to drive it that far and I don't have aaa, I'm sorry I wasn't clear about the year it's a 1990. I did the rear brakes last week, so the pads and rotors plus the drivers caliper are brand new. Also I think the po put the wrong size rotors on the fronts since they are smaller than the rears...which dosent make any sense to me....I work at a car ship and ordered the proper rear rotors and I can see more of them through the cutouts in the rim compared to the fronts...
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No problem on the delayed response, I called aaa and they should be here soon, I'm going to take a look at the brakes when I get home, the worst part of the is I have had to pee for about 3 hours now and there is not a place for me to do so
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Ok so I think I found the issue, the front diff seal is leaking fluid, a 6 or 7in wide puddle In a matter of 30min or so, is this a common problem for the ucf10?
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Is the funny smell 90w gear oil?
Do you suspect the differential is failing and causing the drag?
I have not heard of troubles with the UFC10 rear end. I do beieve that Toyota reccomends chaning that oil more frequently than other MFGs.
I do hope you were able to pee.
Do you suspect the differential is failing and causing the drag?
I have not heard of troubles with the UFC10 rear end. I do beieve that Toyota reccomends chaning that oil more frequently than other MFGs.
I do hope you were able to pee.
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front diff seal can go on LS400, but usually only on cars with really high mileage or else salt roads in winter, are either of those you?
if rear end oil were to get on the tailpipe or muffler or resonator, it would definitely make lots of smoke!
if rear end oil were to get on the tailpipe or muffler or resonator, it would definitely make lots of smoke!
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