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Changing differential oil seal porsche 996 3.4 (2001)

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Somebody who knows these things better than I may dissagree with me but theres a slight hint of OPC fishing for a repair rather before its necessary perhaps?
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Replace 15k ago, wondered if

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its got a slight and I mean slight leak, no drips, just the slightest of slight , in Porsches words "very slight residue" they have been doing this for the past 20k miles, it had a clutch change 15k ago, wondered if that had anything to do with it ?
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Replace differtial oil seal

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How easy is it, or is it possible to change the differtial oil seal on a 996 ?
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Somebody who knows these things better than I may dissagree with me but theres a slight hint of OPC fishing for a repair rather before its necessary perhaps?
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its got a slight and I mean slight leak, no drips, just the slightest of slight , in Porsches words "very slight residue" they have been doing this for the past 20k miles, it had a clutch change 15k ago, wondered if that had anything to do with it ?
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Replace differtial oil seal

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How easy is it, or is it possible to change the differtial oil seal on a 996 ?
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

How easy is it, or is it possible to change the differtial oil seal on a 996 ? its got a slight and I mean slight leak, no drips, just the slightest of slight , in Porsches words "very slight residue" they have been doing this for the past 20k miles, it had a clutch change 15k ago, wondered if that had anything to do with it ? theres no oil showing on the underneath of the car, never any marks anywhere I park, also I never have to top up the oil, but without sounding a complete numpty is the diff oil seperate to the engine oil ? Now im not about to suffer full on blown PP :eh!: but... is it something I should look at ? only way I noticed it was reading the breakdown in the service history.. thanks

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If there are no drips, nothing under the car, no marks where you park and no loss of lubricant . and the OPC say there is only a very slight residue then I would suggest there is no problem at all. Somebody who knows these things better than I may dissagree with me but theres a slight hint of OPC fishing for a repair rather before its necessary perhaps?

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I agree with mathamb. If there is no evidence of drips, and it has been like that for many thousands of miles, it isn't worth worrying about. That said, it isn't an expensive job. If it is a rear drive output shaft, the book time is one hour, and if it is the front seal for the cardan shaft output then it is 1.5 hours. All 3 can be accessed with the transmission installed. The seals are about £15, plus about £1 for the snap ring.

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Thats good to hear, is it something youd ever consider doing yourself, or is it simply not worth the hassle with it being a 1 - 1.5 hr job ? leave it to a good indi....

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It is so much easier to do on a 2-post lift. It would take at least twice as long without. If it was mine I would just wait until something else needs doing, or at the next service. But then I'm a fusspot, and I wouldn't blame you if you just left it.

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