The gear oil in my rear end

Asked by mutmut48 Jun 13, 2018 at 02:25 PM about the 1996 Chevrolet S-10 LS LB RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I check the fluid in my rear end and it's
brown really thick like creamy kind of fluid in
there what could it be

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If you bought the vehicle used it's quite possible someone put grease in there it's a trick to quiet the rearend so they can sell it I would just replace with new gear oil an go from there

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