ZD30 - Hose dropping oil onto front axel - newbie Q

[Patenz]

Hi Guys, first post so I hope i haven't done anything incorrectly.

This is probably (and hopefully) a dumb question. I have noticed a bit of sticky oil drops on the floor of the garage after my latest two outings in the ZD30 (This car is new to me, only driven a few times so still getting my head around stuff). Tonight i managed to get a quick look underneath and found quite a bit of oil or similar on the front axel and believe it could be coming from what looks to be a breather hose positioned above. I'm not 100% if this is normal, alarming or even a breather / overflow hose at all.

In the middle of the image below is the hose, which does appear to be the culprit.

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Could somebody shed some light on if this is a lose hose / normal operation?

Thanks in advance:)

[happygu]

It looks like the drain hose off the oil filter drip tray.

The oil filter is a cartridge type, with a re-usable metal housing, so it is impossible not to spill oil on an oil change

[Patenz]

Thanks for that happygu:) The filter was replaced a few weeks back so I guess that makes sense.

[JackCollo]

If you want to give it a quick degrease and a drive around then jump under it and see if you can see where it is coming from


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[threedogs]

go change the oil filter and change the O ring at the same time.
some ppl are slack and will not change the O ring, just lazy if you ask me
Also these ZD30 motors dont like being overfilled so keep oil level just under the full line

[threedogs]

after you have changed the new filter and "O" ring take it down the car wash
and give it a decent clean, Be a bit wary water under that much pressure will
get in everywhere, use caution eh