Rear diff weep?

[Katrina15]

I had my current vehicle serviced at a Land Rover dealership on on Wednesday. It's a 64 plate 2.2sd4 with 76700 miles.

I'm very fortunate that I only paid £253 for major service and MOT as I booked through 'bookmygarage' and the Land Rover dealership just so happened to be the cheapest offer under the Secret Service deal.

I joked with my partner that they would probably try and sting me with a ridiculous price for a repair because of the cheap service and MOT deal.

I got a video of my vehicle health check and the only thing they mentioned was weeping at the seals of the rear diff on both sides. He didn't say it was particularly urgent.

Then comes a phonecall from the dealership, telling me there are three 'urgent' oil leaks and mentioned the gearbox - no mention of this on the health check video?.... I asked for a price and they said £1800+. I told them i'm not in a position to pay for this at the moment as i'm on maternity leave. She said that's fine, we do offer 15% off vehicles over 3yrs old and a payment installment plan. I again said I can't at the minute. She said that they have a duty of care to tell me of any faults and said if I decide to drive the car in that condition then that's up to me. Regardless, I'm not stupid enough to book it at the LR dealership anyway without first getting quotes elsewhere.

I went to collect my car and asked to see the full vehicle health check and the quote for the 'repairs'. They conveniently didn't have it to hand and said they would email it to me. After chasing them for it, they have now sent me the invoice for the service and MOT but nothing else. There are absolutely no advisories on the MOT. When I was leaving, the man dealing with me said 'they advise I get the leaks seen to at some point. I'm obviously a little suspicious as I bought the car 12m ago, had it fully checked by my friend who is a mechanic at the garage I bought it from, and have only driven 4000 miles since, and the woman on the phone was telling me how urgent it is :rolleyes: and they seem reluctant to send me the health check report or quote for repairs.

I've added the pictures... is this actually weeping or is it normal? If so how urgent is it? Has anyone ever had these seals replaced? If so, could you give an idea of cost?

[kellys_eye]

That looks pretty normal to me. An actual leak would be 'wet' oil and, possibly, a drip. They are clearly touting for business and at those quoted prices I'm not surprised!

Have the gearbox oil level checked and recheck it a month later - I very much doubt you'll even measure a difference in level. When you can, then is the time to start thinking about changing the seals.

[arco_iris]

Looks normal to me too.

Do not worry about it (at all!) until you start getting drips on the ground where it is parked - that's a few years away......

[dewaltdisney]

I hate garages who do this especially preying on people who do not know cars. Like the guys have said above, that is nothing to worry about at the minute.

DWD