Long story short, my wife drove her Subi Outback through the massive midwest floods a few months ago. Apparently the water was deeper than I thought.....
The car developed a low pitch rumble from the back end recently (2 mos and about 5k miles since the flood). It suddenly hit me that it probably has water in the rear diff. Ugh. I drained the diff tonight and it was a beautiful milky white color. The fluid wasn't over-full, but it was certainly contaminated with plenty of water. I flushed/filled it twice to get the contamination out, and the rumble is much quieter at this point. So... any idea how tough it is to do bearings and seals in a Subi differential? Does anyone know the failure mode for diff bearings? I don't think I'll have time to get to this repair for a while. Also, assuming the water was above the diff but below the air intake, what else should I check for water contamination? thanks! -Chuck _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
