swing2hard

My car has slowly been leaking gear oil out of the front differential, so upon inspection my mechanic thinks he sees a hairline crack on the top of it using a mirror & flashlight while it is still on the car. We are taking the differential off tomorrow to see where exactly the leak is & determine what needs to be fixed. I have never heard of a cracked front diff before, has anyone else? it's an 02' turbo with 45k miles. if it is a crack, can the differential be welded?

wross996tt

Mine had an extremely small leak (never made it to the floor) when it was about 1500 miles new. Porsche wouldn't let the dealer open the diff to fix the seal, they replaced the entire unit.

swing2hard

At 45k miles it is out of warranty, the closest Porsche dealer to me is 350 miles away, hehe not much choice of who is going to work on it.

wross996tt

I guess my point was (apparently not very clear) that Porsche doesn't even want their dealers working on the front diff....let alone welding it.

swing2hard

Ahhhhh I gotcha now, hehe sorry it's not your fault I didn't understand....I have been a little stressed today since finding this out. I am totally bummed by this.

wross996tt

my gues is still a seal....did you see the thread I posted on renntech for you? That was a good idea to get Loren and RFM's opinion.

swing2hard

I did see that, thank you very much I appreciate your help. I am not going to get much sleep tonight, hehe we are pulling it off tomorrow & I hope it's nothing more than a seal, I have never heard of a differential housing cracking & this car has never been in an accident or been driven hard. We have nice weather this week & was looking forward to some driving, hehe