Hey guys, a few weeks ago I started to see a few drops of tranny oil in my garage. It would drop a few times a day. It has been going on for weeks now so I decided to inspect my tranny. I went under and first thing I noticed was gunk everywhere. Sort of greenish and oily. Looks like something you would find inside a torn CV boot. CV boot is also torn a little bit, not really worried about that right now. I think that the gunk from CV boot spews out when car is moving, thus is the reason why I have it everywhere on the underside of my car. I’ll probably replace it when I replace my axles.
Anyways, I saw the metal around a bolt and half of it was scraped off, ( pic included) that is probably where the fluid is leaking out of. So I looked around again and saw a big hole(pic), about 1 and half inches long. I could see a gear through it. I’m not entirely sure if fluid is leaking out of this hole. If it was, wouldn’t all the fluid would have just gushed out by now? I’d say about half a quart, maybe less, has leaked out so far. Left a bunch of cluttered spots on the floor of my garage.
Any ideas on how to fix the hole(s)? Will I have to find someone to weld? Replace tranny? will jb weld work? Any tips will help
If it’s leaking from there your rear main is leaking. As for what caused that i’d pull the trans and check out the clutch, something flew through it with good force.
Thanks, but it turns out its not even leaking from that hole, thats just the hole for the flywheel dust to escape. Not sure the name. So I was looking at a flywheel instead of a gear the entire time. But i’ve been observing the the scraped up bolt holes and that is definitely where the oil is coming from. Here is an updated pic, cleaned up the gunk a little bit.
These 2 middle bolts both have a leak. The one on the right(more scraped up 1) leaks more than the one on the left.
Yea I wouldn’t weld that if someone brought it to me, lol. The unless the transmission case is completely apart, it’s a waste of time to try and weld it because the oil that’s inside the transmission will contaminate the weld, then it just turns into a REAL bitch. JB Weld will be your friend here, just make sure to be meticulous about the prep, and it should hold you over
[QUOTE=unified112;2229670]Straight from the welder’s mouth… or fingers, or w/e.
But yeah i figured it was a given that the case would need to be split… or risk have it welded shut :P[/QUOTE]
Yeah im a broke dude and really leaning towards JB weld. I really dont wan’t to have it welded shut but I dont think im going to ever open it for a rebuild. If I ever remove a tranny then I’m getting a good quality one. What do you think?
ok first off the pic with the big chunk missing doesnt cause any leaks since its part of the bell housing. You said it was greenish and oily so I think your going to have a coolant leak of some kind thats dripping down the back to the bottom of the tranny. make sure you check and touch any hoses while the engine is running see if you feel any coolant leaks also while you squeeze the rad hoses. Mine leaked from the thermostat housing and made that same mess.
second you are going to want to take the car to a local public self car wash late at night and jack it up from the passanger side so you can pressure wash all that oil and gunk off and trace the leak. I really dont think its going to leak from the bottom scraps since the tranny doesnt have possitive pressure in it. Its more likely to leak from the axle seals and drip down those 2 scrapped bolts that prove to be the lowest part of your tranny.
Ive seen my buddy open alote of B series trannies and so I can assure that is doesnt leak from those two bolts since the rtv grey gasket maker seals it before it reaches the bolt threads.
you should also smell the oil so you can tell if its coolant or tranny fluid. they both have different smells so it wont even be hard to tell wich it is.
I have a spare tranny that i have cracked open and i can post pics of that specific area so you can see for your self.
ill put them up tomarrow.
The same thing happened to mine a few months a go. I had a small leak so I thought it was the shift shaft seal so I replaced it and both axle seals also. Well turns that there was a small piece of the tranny housing about to fall out so I took it out then sanded it and cleaned it up and J.B welded that small piece back on. So I’ fired it up and no leaks right? So I go for the usuall test drive and took it really slow as I turn left at the light I hear a clunk sound and it jerked really hard at the same time. So I had to push it out of the road to the side. And as I push it I see a huge puddle of oil on the ground and I though damn there goes the motor. Well’ when I towed it home dragging the linkage and all. it turned out it wasn’t the motor but a huge chunk of the tranny casing was missing . It broke around the linkage area and a piece of it was stuck on the shift rod itself, what a mess, Well the tranny housing is shot to hell, as well as the diff, but anything else I’m not so sure yet cause its still in the car. I’m waiting for it to cool off down here a bit cause it’s dam hot out here so that I can finish pulling it out for it to be inspected, I just hope that the gears are good , it’s a jdm xsi tranny that I got from SRD.
[QUOTE=da6xsi06;2229697]ok first off the pic with the big chunk missing doesnt cause any leaks since its part of the bell housing. You said it was greenish and oily so I think your going to have a coolant leak of some kind thats dripping down the back to the bottom of the tranny. make sure you check and touch any hoses while the engine is running see if you feel any coolant leaks also while you squeeze the rad hoses. Mine leaked from the thermostat housing and made that same mess.
second you are going to want to take the car to a local public self car wash late at night and jack it up from the passanger side so you can pressure wash all that oil and gunk off and trace the leak. I really dont think its going to leak from the bottom scraps since the tranny doesnt have possitive pressure in it. Its more likely to leak from the axle seals and drip down those 2 scrapped bolts that prove to be the lowest part of your tranny.
Ive seen my buddy open alote of B series trannies and so I can assure that is doesnt leak from those two bolts since the rtv grey gasket maker seals it before it reaches the bolt threads.
you should also smell the oil so you can tell if its coolant or tranny fluid. they both have different smells so it wont even be hard to tell wich it is.
I have a spare tranny that i have cracked open and i can post pics of that specific area so you can see for your self.
ill put them up tomarrow.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the reply. Thats good news, the last the thing I want to do is have to remove the tranny. I have no clue how to do that. I’ll inspect the axle seals. I just remove the axle and just look at the seal for leaks? Is it the first seal you see when you remove the passenger axle? I’ve never removen an axle though but have seen videos from ericthecarguy. doesn’t seem to hard. I just bought 2 quarts of synthetic oil and some JB weld. Guess i’ll just return to JB weld for some axle seals.
Also with that coolant leak, where are the coolant lines. All i know is the two radiator hoses, iacv coolant. Ill try squeezing them when the engine is running like you said. I do have a mobile pressurized shooter device. Looks like a vacuum. Don’t know the name. I’ll take it to the street with my friend and clean out the underside. I look forward to your pic. Gonna read up some threads on axle seal removal.
Updated: So I replaced my entire axle and JB welded the cracked bolts just cause. Still was leaking. There is this one shaft connected to the differential, I believe its the intermediate shaft? I’m not sure, it goes from the differential/tranny towards the rear end and stops in the middle? This is what steers the car right?. Anyways I noticed alot of oil around that area where it goes in the hole =). Guessing its the intermediate seal? Correct me if im wrong pls. Should of took a picture but im sure you guys get what i’m saying.
[QUOTE=unified112;2230420]If its an ‘axle’ that goes in the drivers-side of the trans, and is bolted to the block, yes its the half/intermediate shaft.
No, it doesnt steer the car… that would be done by the tie-rods that are connected to the steering rack.
If youre talking about two rods that connect to the trans and go back above the exhaust mid-pipe, that is the shift-linkage.[/QUOTE]
That picture does not relate to how our cars are setup… read my last comment and answer accordingly… are you talking about an axle, or the shift linkage?
sorry, thats the closest pic i can think of that looks like what i’m talking about. Does the shift linkage have pivot joints like that? because that’s what im seeing. It plugs into the differential.
