A month ago I replaced the clutch and also a leaking main seal inside of the pressure plate. Now today after driving an our the dripping came back but with the smell of gear oil instead. After I parked the dripping is like, one drop every second, look at the frame. I also put in new o-rings when I change clutch, she was okey about the first 10 hours of driving. Any ideas? /Patrik Image Unavailable, Please Login
Did you check to see if it's coming out of the overflow? It's right behind there so it doesn't look like the likely culprit but it could be.
It is sometimes pretty hard to keep those o-rings in place when reinstalling the bell housing. I usually give the area around them a good cleaning and a thin coat of quality RTV silicone sealant to hold them in place.
I know, I did that and everything was fine the first 10 hours of driving, but your right I dont se any other reason for the gear oil leak in that area. Thanks all for your answers /Patrik
I dont know if you got your answer already but try this. There is a small hole in the bottom of the bell housing just above the clutch lever. This is the clutch lever that attaches to the rod that goes into the bell housing. You cant see the hole till you push the clutch pedal in (you will need two people, one watching and one pushing the pedal). Drive the car to get it to leak and get under the car as soon as you park, have someone push the clutch in and you will see the small hole (its about 1/2" long by 1/4" wide) if its leaking oil it usually means you rear seal is leaking. I went through the same problem of trany oil leaking and fixed it only to find out that the engine was leaking at the same time (the trany oil makes the engine oil smell of trany fluid). I hope this helps.
