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Dap your finger in to spot and take a whiff. Gear oil will usually smell like pine or cedar. Motor oil will smell like vasoline.
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nope, that gap is where there ought to be fluid leaking out if the output shaft seal was bad.
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because speaking from experience, rain does not normally remove transmission fluid, or engine oil stains. at least anything less than torrential downpours resulting in at least 5-6" total rainfalls in less than 2 hours...
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Ever get this fixed?
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