Saxo Problems & Queries If you're having problems with your Saxo and you're after a bit of advice, check this forum out... |
|
4th April 2016, 17:22
|
#1
|
Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Derby
Posts: 1,021
Car(s): Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra
|
Oil leak around gear box
Seem to have an oil leek somewhere there's oil around the top of the gear box and underneath. I don't think it's gearbox oil and I find my self topping the engine oil up every other week. Any ideas where it could be from if it's leeking onto the gear box? Thanks
Last edited by OMGASAXO; 4th April 2016 at 19:16.
|
|
|
4th April 2016, 19:34
|
#2
|
Saxperience Hardcore!
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: smurfland.
Posts: 17,346
Car(s): Ex saxo owner.
|
Rocker cover seal if it's an 8v,mine recently spewed out oil and the dipstick was the culprit.
|
|
|
4th April 2016, 21:17
|
#3
|
Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Derby
Posts: 1,021
Car(s): Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra
|
sorry forgot to mention its not even a saxo, its a vectra c. but i assumed it would be similar on any car. hopefully it is a rocker cover seal since i need to replace the rocker cover anyway
|
|
|
5th April 2016, 21:29
|
#4
|
Saxperience Post Whore
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 9,100
Car(s): Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182
|
You'll know if it's box oil, smell it. Well that is unless it's not one of those Vauxhall boxes that people fill with atf (sometimes incorrectly) but it'll still smell different to engine oil
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
|
|
|
6th April 2016, 02:16
|
#5
|
L-plater
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Ipswich
Posts: 44
Car(s): Saxo VTR
|
Stick some on your fingers and give it a sniff, if it smells like cat piss it's either gearbox oil or cat piss.
|
|
|
6th April 2016, 21:52
|
#6
|
Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Derby
Posts: 1,021
Car(s): Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra
|
Deffo engine oil... Not cat piss
|
|
|
9th April 2016, 12:28
|
#7
|
Infrequent Poster
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Oxfordshire, bicester
Posts: 152
Car(s): Saxo Vtr in black 53 plate Silvertop with a few mo
|
Probably find the rocker cover gasket is split mate, easy job to do just get a new gasket from euro car parts then remove rocker cover by undoing bolts and put new gasket on.
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 00:45.
|