See below for answers. > On Apr 9, 2016, at 1:57 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Questions: > > Did the oil come gushing out of the drain plug or out of the fill plug on > the side? I don't think there is a drain plug on an AT differential. On my 88 there is a 17mm hex bolt that acts as the dill and somewhat of a drain. The real way is to take the pan off which I had previously done. Oil came gushing out of that 17mm hole, fill hole. > > When you say the engine oil is half gone, do you mean half way down from > "full" to "low"? Yes > Did you top it up carefully, after running it to fill the > oil filter? No > > How do you think that engine oil would get into the differential? Doesn't > seem possible to me. > I don't have enough knowledge to make that call. I'm kind of learning as I go. There was just soooo much of it that came out.... > Larry A. > > >> On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Michael <mikewelldon@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Many of you have replied with your expertise on the matter of a blown >> tranny on an 88 auto. Or at least those kind of symptoms. >> >> Now here is a new development. I wanted to check to see if I could tell if >> ATF was mixing with the differential so I unscrewed the drain plug and oil >> literally came gushing out. When I closed it after filling a couple weeks >> ago,it was a trickle which I believe means it was filled with close to the >> 1.3 quarts that is recommended. >> >> Now, I also changed out the engine oil (it's an ej22 Subaru) and filled >> that up right. Well, the engine oil is half gone and I believe that's what >> was in the differential section. No visible leaks anywhere. >> >> Hard to tell if ATF was mixed in based on the Amberness of synthetic >> engine oil and the purple color of the diff oil. Plus, it's quite >> surprising when oil comes flying at your face while under the van. >> >> I don't really know what this could mean other than probably a good deal >> of money to fix it. >> >> Any ideas on the matter? >> >> Mike |
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