> I had my 109 up on a lift this afternoon to adjust the brakes, and
> put oil in the various places it comes out. I thought that the front
> diff lube had been contaminated with water, as it was that color.
> Since there was a drain pan handy, I changed it. While it drained, I
> did some other things, and came back in twenty minutes or half an
> hour. The oil in the drain tub wasn't a uniform brown, but had
> separated into layers -- a dirty gear oil layer, a water/gear oil
> emulsion layer, and a strange layer of gray foam. It was about the
> consistency of whipped cream, and didn't seem to be oily (it didn't
> feel oily between my finger tips. Any ideas?
Someone has been feeding your Landie coolwhip...
I've seen this before, chalked it up as a very whipped water, air and gear
oil mix. Weird stuff, isn't it? Doesn't feel like it's oil based, but,
coolwhip is oil-based, too :-)
J-L
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