FWIW - Valv Maxlife synthetic & cold temps

[Ramblin Fever]

Just for elimination sake, look WAY back behind the valve cover gaskets, i.e. you'll practically have to wedge your head in between the fire wall and the top of the engine to see in the back.

I'm not familiar with the 5-spd transfer case on the Rodeo's; my late 5-spd 20yr old toyota was on it's original clutch, it had leaks at the rear-main, but I'd never experienced them at the tranny. Sorry.

I do have experience with a leak at the shifter on the Automatic Rodeo - just got that fixed a few months back, but you said yours is a 5-spd??

[explicit408]

Thanks for all your help guys. Looks like its coming from the transfercase breather. Im going to vent the transmission per the article on planetisuzoo and see if that fixes it.