172 Gearbox Oil Leak @ 60000Kms

[wolfmeiister]

Hi Guys,

I recently had my Clio in for a 60000Km service and whilst it was up on the hoist, was contacted by the mechanic who said that there was a serious oil leak from the gearbox selector section that I should urgently attend to. I had a look and took some pics - it didn't look toooo bad to me (though not great) - what do you all think??? The last picture is the "mat" that sits under the box - it has a fair bit of oil dripped onto it. It has never dripped oil onto the garage floor...

Should I be concerned?

 

[bmh.01]

Its fine its not leaking, the gear linkage always weeps a bit. Thats nothing anyway hardly any fluid there.

 

[DARKO]

Clean it all and check in 2 weeks. Remember that is 60k miles worth of seepage.

 

[DrR]

I'd say it looks clean for 60k!

 

[wolfmeiister]

Thanks guys, that's what I thought!! Will clean and check in couple of wks..

 

[savvy]

guys quick question when should you change gearbox tranny oil my 172 is on 100 000km should i change it now or soon? and what brand do you peeps use is it worth trying the royal purply brand of oils for the gearbox oil? any suggestions?

 

[Dan@SJM]

royal purple are excellent. i changed mine every 10k.

 

[Dan 172]

Mine was like that at 30k.

I thought it was a problem, I didn't know it was normal.

I had the seal changed under warranty, but I'm not sure if it made a difference and what it looks like now I'm on 40k.

 

[Josh@Renparts]

as above they all leak and that amount is normal. Would be fine the change the transmission oil. As Dan says royal purple is great if you have deep pockets.