I’m no mechanic

But this doesn’t look good..
Nothing on the driveway, where it’s always parked, but it appears to be a pretty good leak.

 

Need moar pictures. More the merrier.

 

How many miles are on the odometer?

 

73352

 

That is your transfer case that is all wet.

Now is there any wetness on the parts in front of that (your transmission)?

 

I would double check this bolt is tight. 27 ft lbs is the torque spec. It's your T case drain bolt. 24mm socket.

 

I think I'd start by cleaning that oil and grease off with some brake cleaner. Drive it a day and get under to see where it's coming from.

Hard to tell from what I'm seeing how it is. Probably a slow leak that's been building up on there awhile.

 

I would suspect the tcase to trans union seals. Not an easy job. Start by washing.

 

Not wet, but looks like it has been at one time. Dried up looking crap where the transmission meets up to the transfer case. Nothing wet right now as far as I can see.

 

10-4, I will clean it up good this week, and check it daily. Appreciate the info. I’ll follow up with pics as I go.

 

I’ll check that as well! Thanks

 

that looks like spray from something forward of that point. not direct dripping

 

I'd focus on the drain plug. Also where the driveshafts enter the transfer case/transmission.

You are possibly low on T case fluid. I'd recommend pulling the fill plug and checking. Or do a drain and fill of the T case. New crush washers are like $1, replace them.

 

I also crawled under my wife’s Lexus GX460 today after mine, just to check it out and make sure nothing was leaking.

2012 model, 126k. The thing looks almost brand new, bumper to bumper.

 

It's actually quite common on later 4runners (same platform as GX) I rarely see that leak on Tacoma, almost always Japanese 4runners.

 

If mine has “that leak”, what is the average cost of fixing “that leak”?
We talking a few to several $100 bills, or are we getting up into “I’m about to be pissed off money”?

 

clean it , watch it , report