Creeeg
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I've had an oil leak from my IRD for a while. It's not from the driveshaft seal, it's coming from the top of the IRD. While under there recently I discovered two things: 1) the breather pipe was disconnected, leaving the spigot to splurge oil out over the IRD, and 2) there's a stud poking out of the IRD with no nut on it (see pic).
I cleaned the IRD up once I'd replaced the vent pipe, and MOST of the oil leak seems to have gone, unsurprisingly. There's still a slight leak from high-up on the unit though; definitely IRD oil coming out and definitely not from the driveshaft. I was wondering if that stud needs a nut on it and if the oil's seeping out of the join in the casing because of it?
Anyone got any ideas on this one?
I cleaned the IRD up once I'd replaced the vent pipe, and MOST of the oil leak seems to have gone, unsurprisingly. There's still a slight leak from high-up on the unit though; definitely IRD oil coming out and definitely not from the driveshaft. I was wondering if that stud needs a nut on it and if the oil's seeping out of the join in the casing because of it?
Anyone got any ideas on this one?