Oil leak.

[christurbo]

Think I've stumbled across an oil leak

Checked underneath the car and the oil seems to drip from the gearbox [linkages]

Its not loads but there is a small collection of drips on my drive.

Anyone else had this - what is the most probable cause - and costs to fix?

Thanks

Chris

 

[christurbo]

^Bump^ anyone had an oil leak?

 

[Lam7r]

Strangely enough i lost a lot of oil the other day, from 3/4 on the stick to just above min. Topped up again when i got home and since then i have given it some stick to try and find out where it went but its all fine again now :S

I know this doesn't help much mate

How much have you lost? A few drops on the drive could be more as it tends to collect in the tray under the car. On my old 172 i lost oil but never had a drop on the drive. I presumed the rings or something but then when i dropped the tray underneath it was the sump washer and the tray was full of oil.

 

[christurbo]

Not sure - just noticed a covering of oil on the linkages under the gearbox.

Im fitting my new suspension tomorrow so will have another look. I hope its the sump plug because Im doing an oil change this week - but would the oil run down to the gearbox if it was the sump plug?

 

[Lam7r]

No mate if it was the sump plug it would drip straight down.

 

[christurbo]

Just done a search looks like the gearbox drain plug is right next to the selectors - maybe that!

Its useless really unless I look! lol

I hate being under the engine part of the car though - even with axle stands and wheels for protection!

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=136347

 

[Fred@BTM]

the gearboxes leak a tiny bit of oil out of the selector, nothing to worry about, they all do it

 

[christurbo]

I'll let you look at it when you do my cambelt.

When are you available to do it Fred?

 

[Bradharding]

Hey ho this thread is ages old but just discovered an Oil leak on my valver whilst running engine whilst it sat on the drive tonight . Still not badck on the road yet and a lot of work has gone into fixing this car . Seems to be coming from around the bottom of the gearbox/engine, deffinately engine oil though. Could be the crankshaft oil seal but we changed this whilst the engine was out?

 

[Bradharding]

Whoops posted twice

 

[TomTom]

If you've done quite a bit of work Brad, have you checked the simple stuff?

Gearbox plug washer, driveshafts sat correctly etc

 

[V1NNY]

How much is it for a gear box oil change? my cars coming up to 60k and i'm not sure if its been done b4

 

[Fred@BTM]

same as a car engine oil change

 

[V1NNY]

cool, can i get it done at ATS, kwik fit etc?

 

[Bradharding]

Hey Tom. Deffinately engine oil leaking. No gearbox oil in atm. Seems to be coming from between engine/gearbox.

 

[christurbo]

Mine is still leaking a small bit of oil between the engine and box. Yoz said its nothing to worry about because the leak is so small [and is gearbox oil]. The only thing that will solve it completely will be to crack the box off and reseal.

Incidentally Yoz discovered that I had a Clio Cup gearbox on my 172FF so maybe it wasnt installed 100% be the previous owner! At least I have got a new box

If the leak is gearbox Oil and is slight, I wouldnt worry about it.

 

[Adey.]

is there a diff between ff clio and cup clio gearboxs? are the ratios different?

 

[Fred@BTM]

ever so slightly different, nothing major

 

[ben_p]

Mine is still leaking a small bit of oil between the engine and box. Yoz said its nothing to worry about because the leak is so small [and is gearbox oil]. The only thing that will solve it completely will be to crack the box off and reseal.

Incidentally Yoz discovered that I had a Clio Cup gearbox on my 172FF so maybe it wasnt installed 100% be the previous owner! At least I have got a new box

If the leak is gearbox Oil and is slight, I wouldnt worry about it.

what does ur speedo work off then?? is there a speed sensor in the top of the box? as normally the speedo on the ff box runs of the abs system via the ecu

 

[Bradharding]

Looks like engine back out for me . Nights drawing in and lots of things at the weekends too so it's going to set the back on the road date a lot longer back Not happy.

 

[TomTom]

ever so slightly different, nothing major

Fred what is the difference just out of interest, never done one

edit- Brad is it definetly a leak not a spillage? You cleaned it off real good then buzzed it round the block see if you can pin point it

 

[Shaunbrass]

I had one the other week and had to have a new gearbox seal or something they said.

sorted now so whatever they did its fixed

 

[edde]

is there a diff between ff clio and cup clio gearboxs? are the ratios different?

Same ratios, the Cup box has a hole in it for a speedo sensor which the speedo and ECU get therespeed reading from the phase 2 (apart from a few early ones) get there speed from the ABS system. The CUp doesn't have ABS senseor so reading had to come from the gearbox.

Incidentally Yoz discovered that I had a Clio Cup gearbox on my 172FF so maybe it wasnt installed 100% be the previous owner! At least I have got a new box

It was a crash repaired so I'd guess the old box was damaged your cars to late to have needed the Cup spec gearbox drive box.

 

[Bradharding]

Tom, engines only just gone back in. Had it out, cleaned it, changed crankshaft oil seal, oil filter, rocker cover gasket etc so it's got to be a leak. Only place I can think of it coming from is between the engine and gearbox.