The 2000 Ford Explorer owners manual shows : Motorcraft SAE 80 W - 90 Premium Rear Axle Lubricant for the FRONT axle
According to the owners manual - Motorcraft SAE 80 W - 90 Premium Rear Axle Lubricant in the front ( and rear ) differentials on a 2000 Ford Explorer
It's the oil/fluid that is in the rear drive axle (and front axle on 4x4).
29 mm axle nut
Is the fluid coming from the vent hose ? When the differential fluid gets warm , it expands , and sometimes can come out the vent tube ( especially if someone has " topped it up " when it is colder ) or is it leaking from a front axle seal ?
The 2000 Ram had u joints, not cv joints at the front axle.
Axle seal is bad and needs to be replaced
I had a 2000 Explorer with a grinding noise coming from the front . It my case, it was the axle bearing assembly on both sides. They are around 200 per side to purchase.
Is it actually leaking from the axle seal or once it got warmed up did it shoot some fluid from the front differential vent hose ?
On your Ford Explorer , 4x4 , you have a leak at the PASSENGER side front axle seal ( I have had my passenger side front axle seal changed 3 times now on my 1995 Ford Explorer ) The seal doesn't cost very much , the cost is the labor and I would say it takes about 1 and 1/4 hours to do the job
I have had the passenger front axle seal changed ( 3 ) times on my 1995 Ford Explorer XLT - 4x4 over the years . The axle seal will start leaking , which will drip on the garage floor and throw differential fluid up underneath the Explorer and therefore drop the fluid level in the differential . I have always had the seal replaced as soon as I have noticed any dripping so I have not allowed the differential fluid level to drop low enough to cause any damage to the differential which of course would cost a lot more money to repair
front- 36mm
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