aaaggghhh HELP oil

[Seanl]

Gear oil is the same sort of colour as engine oil. Does smell like its burnt yeah, but like said, shouldnt be black. Is it not just old oil from when you changed that you forgot to mop up............

[Gavv8]

Gear oil smells stronger than engine oil when its new but after it's done a lifetime in a gearbox maybe not.

[stainesy]

yeah it does look like old engine oil but it wasnt there when i put the car in the garage and is directly under the engine.
and i changed my oil outside the garage not in it..

its defo not engine oil as its all still in there and totaly diferant colour as its brand new oil in engine.
its gota be gear oil.
i will check after work tomorrow

[geeksteve]

Gear oil smells stronger than engine oil when its new but after it's done a lifetime in a gearbox maybe not.

Dunno about that, when I changed my 14 year old stuff I almost puked. Smelled horrible. Drive smells odd a week later..

[stainesy]

Well there is not realy any smell to stuff on the floor.

[geeksteve]

Well there is not realy any smell to stuff on the floor.

Hmm. Can you wipe everything down, then leave a sheet under your car in a garage or something to try and find out exactly where it's coming from? If it's anything like my car, it's quite tricky to work out which fluid is leaking where at the moment

My old 0earbox oil did stink, as did the new stuff. Could say more about my car than about gearbox oil, so don't necessarily take it as certain..

[stainesy]

Well I have done all that and there is no leak anywhere. Took car out garage and found big puddle of oil under front of car. Its now engine oil as its still in car and diferant oil. And power sterring level is fine. Only place I can see traces of oil is between bell housing and engine.
Gota be gearbox oil. Will check later. So them prices for clutch kit seal and bearing kit and oil. Is that main dealer price?

[stainesy]

Totaly forgot my bros best mate is mechanic and does cheap work for his mates.
Spoke to him and explained all that happened and he recons its my main oil seal. As the oil on floor don't smell it won't be gearbox. He said buy a new oil seal and I'm gona get thrust bearing to wile I'm at it and if I help him he will do it for £60.

[stainesy]

He also said to buy a high performance thrust bearing or roller bearing or sumit. No idea what that ment lol.
But where would I get high performance one of them from?

[Wayne]

He also said to buy a high performance thrust bearing or roller bearing or sumit. No idea what that ment lol.
But where would I get high performance one of them from?

Standard will be fine, I would fit a new clutch whilst it is all apart however.