paulbin Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Righty oh people, give me some advise.Back in the beginning of the year i got a side garage to do a service on my car thinking it would keep the warrenty, but wen they did it they told me i has a small oil leak coming from around the gearbox area, he said it looked like it was traveling down the side of the engine.I then found out that my warrenty was void so i got VW to do the service again and they never found out so warrenty was ok. But they never brought up the oil leak, maybe i was being parenoid i thought....Was out checking my oil tonight and for the first time ive noticed that the oil had dropped about 1/4 of a stick. Strange i thought, so i topped it up, while doing this the engine pan/guard looked all oily so i touched it and it was definatly oil on it.So i decided to investigate..... took all the guard off and it was really really oily, and so was the bottom of my gearbox, the engine was clean no oil there just on the gearbox.I havent had any oil patches from my car on the drive but then again i wouldnt see them as the engine guard would catch it all.Now what does this sound like to you? just dirty engine or a oil leak.What do i think i should do?Considering ive got coilovers and a few scrapes on my engine guard but nothing major to do any damage to the engine for VW to moan.Sorry its so long but i think ive got it all in,any help would be much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbie Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Ive got a leaky gear box caused by a broken seal on the gear selection shaft, new seal is about £3 + labour, nothing to worry about at the mo, is gonna be done on the 4th with my new timing belt and tensioner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbin Posted July 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 yea i was abit unsure if it was coming from the gearbox, because i lost oil from my engine, and i 99% they use 2 different oils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinA3 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 i had a gear selector seal changed on mineit was done under my extended warranty as it would have been £60 mine was leaking here a wee bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 paul you are right, gearbox oil and engine oil arent the same! have you checked easy things like rocker cover or even oil filler cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbie Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 yep you're right, sorry was being dumb!! you'll know if its gear box oil, smell it, it smells like cats piss, fairly acrid, nothing like engine oil.know from when i had the gear box seal done on my cinquecento last year, i seem to break gear box seals!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbin Posted July 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 as i said the engine bottom is clean its only the bottom of the gear box that is oily. its definatly engine oil.the oil cap is clean as a wistle. i will have another look around.wheres the best places to look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris260 Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 as i said the engine bottom is clean its only the bottom of the gear box that is oily. its definatly engine oil.the oil cap is clean as a wistle. i will have another look around.wheres the best places to look?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Try to trace it back from where it's ended up, can sometimes come from somewhere totally random. I've had more than a few oil leaks on my golfs over the years!! style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbin Posted July 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 i think im just gonna ring up VW and see wot they say, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Lup Gti Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 it'snormally real clean round the area it's coming from (oil washes the dust and mud away) so just trace it back mate! it ant hard!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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