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confirmation needed

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 2:18 pm
by bushido
I have a oil leak from under the car. It leaks small patches of oil. I know its a gearbox leak and im pretty sure it is from the passenger side driveshaft seal.

What I want to know is when the mechanic changes the gearbox oil, is there anyway that this leak can be caused? Or it could be a case of the filler/drain hole not being tightened enough. These are on the front of the gearbox arnt they?

I had this problem before and all it took was to change the seal but surely the seal doesnt die after 10000km can it??

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Re: confirmation needed

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 6:26 pm
by aza013
Try to give it a nip up and do a degreas and see how it go's.
The bolt may have come loss a little bit.

Re: confirmation needed

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:26 pm
by payaya
It could be shooting out of the dip stick hole as well if it was overfilled.

Re: confirmation needed

Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:55 am
by bushido
Where is the dip stick hole for the gearbox? I thought to check the oil level you had to undo the filler bolt then look inside for the height of the fluid?

In any case Ill have a look if there is any more leaking today.

Re: confirmation needed

Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 11:22 am
by vipfto
id be guessing crank seal (gearbox side) yes it can leak just like a rear main on commonwhore etc and will find its way dripping down g/box

or try a new bolt/washer

g/box has no dipstick in manual if tip it sit on top of box and may have o-ring that might be damaged where stick sits in housing