I just picked-up my new rancher es on Saturday and got it home fine.
I took it out for some lite riding yesterday and after 20minutes I looked down and saw my left shoe was covered in oil. I stopped and looked and saw that the fitting where the hose connects right next to the dip-stick by my left foot was spurting oil. Oil was all over the foot rest and had dripped down to the drive shaft and had gotten flung every where. I eased back to the house and checked to see if the single bolt holding that fitting in place was loose and it didn't budge under light torque. It looks like the seal/gasket is either blown or installed incorrectly.

Anyone seen this problem?
thanks
gary [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]Text

 

Nope I havn't seen this problem but I would take it back to the dealer since its under warranty.

 

To follow-up my own post. I guess there wasn't much interest in helping me out. There's a small O-ring in the fitting to the oil cooler line that got "pinched" from the factory. A 10mm socket backed out the bolt and I found the O-ring pinched-off from about the 8oclock to the 11oclock position.
The dealer didn't have any in stock and will take 4 days to get it.

gary