mystery of corolla differential runs dry

st-bum wrote:
> Does a 95 Corolla with overdrive have a separate transaxle oil thing
> than the transmission fluid?
>
> I had them change the fluid and they said it was all one big thing, so
> it wasn't really possible to change the axle fluid or whatever it is.

You have an A245E transaxle, which does infact fill completely from the
dipstick. Depending on the year and application, that trans may have a
differential drain plug, but it still fills from the dipstick.

Toyota MDT in MO

Oil floats. If water entered the diff, the oil would be the first to "vent"
under pressure leaving only the water, which likely evaporated away.

"SupraGenius" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 05:56:39 -0700, Jack wrote:
>
>> I never knew of the vent that you mentioned. And this make me think of
>> another possibility. Recently there had been a small scale flooding
>> where my father lives. He told me he once drove through water as high
>> as the top of the bumper. Would it be that some water got past the vent
>> and enter the differential, push out some oil to the transmission ( I
>> think the tranny and the differential has a pathway where oil can
>> exchange). When the unit get hot the water got evaporate through the
>> vent, leaving very little oil in the differential.
>>
>> Is this possible ?
>
>
> Quite. Remember, fluids are not compressable, so if water leaked through
> any vent, it would raise the level of fluid and not leave much room if
> pressure builds. But if the vent were closed enough to keep the pressure
> in, I doubt it would let water in.
>
> But you never know.
>
> When I was working as a salesman at a used car dealer, we bought a bunch
> of cars that had come from a flood in PA. Most of them just needed to be
> drained, refilled, cleaned and dried. But every once in a while we would
> get one where someone tried to start the engine without draining the
> fluids and, BAM! Hydraulic lock, where the engine blows because it is
> filled with liquid. The same thing that keeps your car from starting if
> you put in too much oil.

Thank you very much.

On Friday, September 9, 2005 4:59:21 PM UTC-7, Comboverfish wrote:
> st-bum wrote:
> > Does a 95 Corolla with overdrive have a separate transaxle oil thing
> > than the transmission fluid?
> >
> > I had them change the fluid and they said it was all one big thing, so
> > it wasn't really possible to change the axle fluid or whatever it is.
>
> You have an A245E transaxle, which does infact fill completely from the
> dipstick. Depending on the year and application, that trans may have a
> differential drain plug, but it still fills from the dipstick.
>
> Toyota MDT in MO

Hello, I was wondering where exactly would the A245E labeling be located on the transaxle?