Help!!!!

[Skribble]

i was looking around the car today at work when i thought hold ill look underneath and to my suprise i found a leak, now the oil thats drippin out smells like gear oil but my gear box is still at the right level, but i have noticed that my engine oil has gone down a tiny bit, overnight this drip makes a pool about the size of a 50p piece, anyone know if ma10 engines suffer with seal leaks after 80k?

ideas much appretiated

skribble

 

[frank]

skribble

crank seal ?, your best to jetwash it really then check it while it,s running

 

[Skribble]

:suspect:
this only drips when its off i wiped around where it was drippin then started it it gets worse when ticking over

 

[frank]

skribble

and it,s dripping between the engine and g/box ?

 

[Skribble]

bottom of bell housing through the drainage cut out on the underside of gearbox

 

[frank]

skribble

it does sound like the crank seal, but you need to check elsewhere properly first

 

[Skribble]

think im goin to have a look see on saturday thanks frank

 

[solarice]

if its dripping where it sounds its dripping, it could also be the input shaft oil seal (but then youd be loosing gearbox oil)...if its either the crank or input seal you wanna be careful that it doesnt ruin your clutch by oil contamination.

 

[Skribble]

so either way its something gotta come out the engine bay jobby?

 

[solarice]

if its either of those seals...your gearbox is coming out.

if its input shaft seal, then youre taking the gearbox apart aswell.

 

[Skribble]

could i do the crank seal with the engine in its place ( me in gearbox hole)

 

[frank]

could i do the crank seal with the engine in its place ( me in gearbox hole)

g/box and sump off iirc (personally, i would live with it )

 

[solarice]

you can leave the sump on (can on a k11 so would assume the same with a k10), and yeah you can leave the engine in...i lived with mine until the gearbox oil would constantly run out the bottom during idle :laugh: ...i decided then it was time to fix it...my clutch was ######ed by then aswell though.

about a 20 min job once the gearbox is off...if its the crank seal...just gotta prise out the old one and tap in the new.

 

[frank]

solarice

i believe it,s encapsulated *geek* in a little ally housing

 

[solarice]

you are correct frank

but you can still persuade it out with self tapping screws / a little metal drift for example...partly because the K11 haynes says you can (skribble best check your k10 haynes manual if you've got one to double check this is possible on the k10)...and also because i did cos i didnt want to remove the sump

Just depends which way you wanna do it really.

 

[frank]

it looks well trapped to me , and the 2 studs hold the sump on, i think :glance:
http://www.micra.org.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=10811&stc=1&d=1224612341

 

[Skribble]

i work with hydraulic seals this shouldnt be a problem lol

 

[solarice]

its a tight fit, youve gotta make sure the sealing lips are greased and seperated properly but once oiled up it goes on pretty easily...that pics looking at the back of it as far as i can tell (is that a k10 or k11 engine?).

...its possible that the k10 does need more parts removing...but without finding and checking in my k10 haynes i cant say yay or nay for certain.