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Offline em2evol

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Not another leak... :-(
« on: April 13, 2014, 08:31:02 pm »
Hi guys

Got a message from my neighbour pointing out this earlier:



So went to check under the car (had been parked for approx 30 mins) and found this:



Underneath all I could see was this:



and in the engine bay (looks dry but was soaked in oil to the right of the engine):



The only thing I can add is that I noticed it smelt awful earlier after I'd taken it down the motorway 20 miles, smelt a bit like when new tarmac is laid and gets rolled over... I checked the oil level and it's at max still at least. Not been topped up since last service over a month ago (when I assume it was changed).

I know it's hard to diagnose from photos and my crap description but would anyone be able to tell me what it could / is likely to be?

Thanks a lot in advance.

Em

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Re: Not another leak... :-(
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2014, 08:38:54 pm »
Smells awful - have you smelt gearbox fluid before? If it smells like stale piss then that might be the fluid.

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Re: Not another leak... :-(
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2014, 08:43:43 pm »
Hey thanks. Looks like the right kind of area for the gearbox (I assume) so could be that. Would it be a serious problem if it was the gearbox?