I cannot see how it could be possible either.

I also do not think it is coming from the transfer case. The transfer case appears to be about the right oil level and the oil in the transfer case is clean.

Just the tranny seems to have too much oil and the oil is black. Maybe the only other possibility is that the transmission has been overfull for a long time and has been running warm which has blackened the oil.

I guess we will drain and refill both the transmission and the transfer case and keep an eye on it for a bit.

I cannot see how it could have been overfilled to the extent it seems to have been. My son pulled the fill plug and let it drain until it stopped - at least a couple of quarts came out.

I don't think anyone has changed the oil in that transmission since I did it myself. I used a 5 gallon pail of oil with a pump and hose. I don't think the truck was on jackstands out of level and cannot believe I would have got that much additional oil in it. I would have pumped the oil in and checked to see when it started to run out of the hole. It could have been slightly high if I did not let it run until it stopped - which is likely - I would have put the plug back in. But, I cannot see it getting 2 or 3 quarts too much. That was also years as opposed to months ago and both of my sons have driven it quite a bit since.

The whole thing is wierd.

We shall change and watch and see what happens.

As to engine oil - we cannot see any leaks. The pcv valve was changed out last summer when we did new valve gaskets because they were leaking somewhat at the back.

We will check it further once the weather warms up some. In the interim, I guess we will just keep an eye on the oil level. Maybe it is burning oil now. Not a whole lot of miles on it for a 95 - about 130K miles.

Will pull some sparkplugs in the spring and see what they look like. Also clean the motor some and watch for leaks.

Randy