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Chrishy
Member Since: 22 Apr 2017
Location: Just outside Folkestone, Kent
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| Transfer box - oil drips from bolt heads |
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I have drips of oil on the transfer box case bolts across the rear bottom edge. The main auto box is dry as is the cross member. The torque converter was changed along with a refurb of the gearbox in October & it’s done less than 1k since.
I cannot see a leak - it’s golden in colour & clean - looks like the oil I topped up the transfer box with back in the summer.
D3 8A Vin
Any one got any ideas of where it could be coming from? Where does the breather pipe fit? Could it have been over filled?
Thanks
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 27th Dec 2017 8:01 pm |
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BAZ8046
Member Since: 26 Feb 2010
Location: Chatham
Posts: 278
 
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Last time I had a leak from the transfer box it was the seal between the two halves of the box.
If yours is the same it isn’t a gasket but a sealant that is used and the box needs to come out and be split to reseal. D4 2016 Landmark, Waitomo Grey.
D3 2005 HSE, Bonatti Grey, now sold but still comes back for servicing.
Defender 2002 Td5 Commercial, had a hard life but slowly being restored.
I only work so I can afford to repair my Land Rovers!
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| 28th Dec 2017 12:11 pm |
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Chrishy
Member Since: 22 Apr 2017
Location: Just outside Folkestone, Kent
Posts: 80
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Thanks - hope it’s not but I will clean it as good as I can & see if I can then find out where it’s coming from over the next couple of weeks
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| 28th Dec 2017 1:03 pm |
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pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2432
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Oddly had this when I bought my D3 V8. (LR picked it up in a health check when they did the plugs).
I decided to change all the oils including the TB. A year on its dry as a bone.(Possible overfill previously?)
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| 28th Dec 2017 6:14 pm |
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Chrishy
Member Since: 22 Apr 2017
Location: Just outside Folkestone, Kent
Posts: 80
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Yes I do wonder if the TB was drained & refilled during the gearbox/torque converter job.
I am going to clean it & then check the level & compare a sample of the oil with the stuff I got to top it up when I serviced it in the summer.
Will contact the guy who did it next week & see what’s his thoughts are.
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| 28th Dec 2017 6:34 pm |
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Jeffwoad
Member Since: 16 Sep 2018
Location: Lincoln
Posts: 18
 
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Hi l have the same oil leak on my “new” 07. It
a gear box service six months before I bought it.
what was the problem please?
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| 3rd Nov 2018 5:43 pm |
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Chrishy
Member Since: 22 Apr 2017
Location: Just outside Folkestone, Kent
Posts: 80
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I put a copper washer under each bolt head having removed them one at a time & re torqued. No longer have the D3 so don’t know if it’s still dry but it did cure it
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| 3rd Nov 2018 5:49 pm |
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Jeffwoad
Member Since: 16 Sep 2018
Location: Lincoln
Posts: 18
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Thanks Chrishy, appreciate you taking the time to answer.
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| 4th Nov 2018 9:11 am |
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Osmar
Member Since: 30 Oct 2018
Location: Joinville
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Chrishy wrote:I put a copper washer under each bolt head having removed them one at a time & re torqued. No longer have the D3 so don’t know if it’s still dry but it did cure it
I m a New member in this forum, and I live in Brasil and I saw the same problem with my disco 07, diesel. Tomorrow I left my car to technical to fix the problem I suggest him to start the job by this parts.
Thanks.
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| 4th Nov 2018 11:01 pm |
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