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Hello everyone!
I'm new here, as in new to Australia and new to Toyota. I recently bought a 2004 Prado 3.0 Diesel (Manual) with plenty of experience on the odometer (285,000km).
This morning I noticed it had left me a little present on the garage floor and after some further investigation I see she's also been marking her territory in my work parking spot (being an ex-Landy driver I thought I'd be avoiding these types of things now...the excuse was always: "It's not leaking oil, it's sweating power!")
The gearbox was replaced a few months and about 4000km ago, and it looks like the leak is coming from the gearbox-transfer case seal which is less than ideal. I reached out to the guys who did the work (they are in Queensland and I'm in Adelaide so unfortunately I can't just take it to them..) to find out about warranty and they suggested that I take it to a local shop for investigation and quotation.
So, my questions:
1. Any suggestions for a good independent mechanic I can take it to?
2. Has anyone else had a similar issue? I'm guessing there is no way around splitting the whole thing and replacing the seal. I've seen some guys applying RTV around the edges but I think this is leaking a bit too much for that, and seeing as I might be able to get some financial assistance from the guys who did it, I might as well replace the whole seal/gasket.
Cheers,
Andre
I'm new here, as in new to Australia and new to Toyota. I recently bought a 2004 Prado 3.0 Diesel (Manual) with plenty of experience on the odometer (285,000km).
This morning I noticed it had left me a little present on the garage floor and after some further investigation I see she's also been marking her territory in my work parking spot (being an ex-Landy driver I thought I'd be avoiding these types of things now...the excuse was always: "It's not leaking oil, it's sweating power!")
The gearbox was replaced a few months and about 4000km ago, and it looks like the leak is coming from the gearbox-transfer case seal which is less than ideal. I reached out to the guys who did the work (they are in Queensland and I'm in Adelaide so unfortunately I can't just take it to them..) to find out about warranty and they suggested that I take it to a local shop for investigation and quotation.
So, my questions:
1. Any suggestions for a good independent mechanic I can take it to?
2. Has anyone else had a similar issue? I'm guessing there is no way around splitting the whole thing and replacing the seal. I've seen some guys applying RTV around the edges but I think this is leaking a bit too much for that, and seeing as I might be able to get some financial assistance from the guys who did it, I might as well replace the whole seal/gasket.
Cheers,
Andre
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