# Leaky axle seal **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** escort, transmissions, ford\ **Created:** [September 2, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/leaky-axle-seal/35984 "2009-09-02T00:34:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![James\_W](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@James\_W](https://community.cartalk.com/u/James_W)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/leaky-axle-seal/35984/1 "2009-09-02T00:34:29Z")
My 5 spd Escort wagon has 151,000 miles and a consistant leaky right axle seal. I replaced the seal twice and the half axle twice and it still leaked fluid after each time, so I took it down to a transmission shop and they replaced the seal (same result) so then they replaced the half axle (this was the third time in four months) with the same results (leaky seal 2 qts in 400 miles). What can be causing this problem? ---
**Author:** ![budd2049](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@budd2049](https://community.cartalk.com/u/budd2049)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/leaky-axle-seal/35984/2 "2009-09-02T01:31:15Z")
It’s possible that the sealing surface of the axle case has been gouged or damaged in some manner. This would create a persistent leak no matter how many times the seal is replaced. When you or the shop changed out the seal, was any damage noticed at the time? ---
**Author:** ![James\_W](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@James\_W](https://community.cartalk.com/u/James_W)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/leaky-axle-seal/35984/3 "2009-09-02T01:36:57Z")
No damage was found on the axle case. The leak is actually between the seal and the axle itself not the seal and the axle case, that is why I am so confused with this leak.