First off, I would like to thank everybody who has helped this newcomer with my XKR on this forum..Its invaluable to have the resources and experience available here. Anyways as I make my way around my car that I bought out of an estate a few months back, I could see upon initial inspection oil around the rear diff, in fact I posed the question here earlier and got several responses indicating its most likely a input pinion seal. I have the car on jack stands, and took a closer look..I have included some photos of what I see...Lots of oil in multiple locations. I'm looking for input on these photos and is the pinion seal can make this type of mess or is something else haywire. I appreciate any help/ advice on what I should do..
Jason

 

Jason, sorry mate, the pictures did not show up.
Wayne

 

I'll try to post them again..not sure where they went.

 

Please forgive me...as I am new here this is the first time I've posted photos..I select them from my pc, click upload and they disappear..what am I missing?

 

How big are the images - maybe they are too large - try resizing them to (for example) 700 pixels wide and keep the file size down to a few hundred kb.

Its also possible you don't have enough time on the forum to allow you to post images yet.

 

Photos are 400X600. How do I know if I can or cannot post photos? it does say I may post attachments under rules?

 

Shouldn't be any forum bars.
What procedure are you using?

 

I use the "manage attachments" tab, select them from my PC, I select the photos from PC, I get the previews to come up in the window with the option to add comments to my pictures. I click upload in the upper right corner, they disappear never to be seen again. tried it 5 times, photos are 400X600 pixels.

 

The oil may be due to the breather being plugged. It's on the upper right of the rear face and I think a 14mm wrench to remove.

 

Does a blocked breather make a large mess?

 

That should work, try using the image button from the bar at the top of the reply box, it should be the same but worth a try.

 

Trying to figure out why if the input seal is leaking, why the rust portion of the input shaft instn wet.

Floor pan abouve muffler

Rear cover/plug area

LH floor pan

Wet hard line forward of LH rear tire..Not sure what to make of that.


Oil fairly far forward of driveshaft..

 

It often does., and it's easy enough to remove and inspect.