E30 Zone

Hope someone can shed some light on this...

Ok heres my diff (LSD).

I was going over it with one of those wire brushes and decided to do the same to the underneath of the diff so i turned it over and found a puddle of oil coming from here...

Should there be a little hole in this tube like thing or have i diturbed something i shouldnt have?

Breather of sort... Don't worry..

It's the breather, it is meant to have a hole in it, don't worry!!!

PHEW!! Thanks guys.

So if i was to say wrap some tape around it this time...flip it over and continue to clean it it would be ok?

Yep

Cheers Mark.

How much did you loose as you might need to top it back up again

It was not alot to be honest has i only had it upside down for about 20 seconds but in saying that would it be worth draining the lot and do a oil change?

If you do i guess you can do it off car, i been advised to loosen the top plug first (when in situ) just in case you get the bottom drain plug out, then the top fill plug rounds off = new diff/lots of tears