Update--Senior service tech found nothing unusual during appt. Fluid level was normal and clean. He observed that the rear diff had also been venting. His suggestion was to create a catch can out of an old pill bottle for the front diff vent tube to drain into. Easy enough to do and monitor...
62 here. Two years retired from commercial printing. My Pops was the Parts Manager at the local Ford dealership all the way back to the mid-50s. He would order himself a new car every year back before I came along. Whatever he ordered, he got it with a Police Interceptor motor. Back then you...
I wrapped a shop rag around it this morning and then went on a 20-mile drive. The breather tube blew oil out several drops on the rag in that short drive.
Yes, to all the above. It is soaked through (permanent) stain. I do have the 2.3. And it is the driver's side. If I reach as far as I can underneath the brake booster, the tube is oily. Thanks for the advice. Either diagnosis is concerning.
I retired from commercial printing. My Photoshop/Illustrator skills have gone bye bye. Sorry. I tried tracing the tube better. Are we still talking about the same tube?
After looking at a schematic and trying to trace the route with my hands, it sure seems like the front diff tube. I had fluids (front diff, TC, rear diff) changed last fall. I wonder if it was overfilled?
Rotated tires this morning and noticed a wet area on driver's side inner fender. Went under the hood and with my fingertip felt the end of the "U" shaped tube was wet. Should this be connected to something? Overflow? Hadn't seen this before. Thanks