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Dripping oil from nearside front of car, onto tray and onto road, with burning smell. Oil is light brown colour
Engine oil level ok. Gearbox not so
Car is a 2.3 97P Ultima Estate with 138k on it.
What am I looking at here, what are the options, and what are the likely costs?
Thanks as always
Keith
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Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
« Reply #2 on: Apr 22nd, 2006, 2:44pm » |
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Thanks for that.
Is it a FMD job or can my local garage sort it?
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Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
« Reply #3 on: Apr 22nd, 2006, 2:50pm » |
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It should be a simple job for your local garage, there are 1 or 2 members on here that have actually done it themselves!
It is not a big job - just be careful that you don't let the gearbox run too low on fluid otherwise it will suddenly become much more expensive 
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Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
« Reply #4 on: Apr 22nd, 2006, 4:09pm » |
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Thanks for that, will book it in on Monday. If I top the level up in the morning is it safe just to run about in it over the next few days until it goes in to the garage?
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Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
« Reply #5 on: Apr 22nd, 2006, 6:11pm » |
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How long is a piece of string? If it is just drips that are coming out and you keep an eye on the level then probably, yes. I would have a look at the state of the pipes before driving it any further though, just to check how bad they are 
HTH
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Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
« Reply #6 on: Apr 23rd, 2006, 9:22pm » |
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km be careful not to put tooo much oil in dont drive to fast m8 i had this prob a few months ago the oil was dripping onto d/pipe from manifold which caused it to smoke really bad at high speeds but when drive say at 30 /40 mph it was ok till i got it fixed
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« Reply #7 on: Apr 24th, 2006, 7:44am » |
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Thanks for those - what is the capacity of the gearbox fluid wise please
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Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
« Reply #8 on: Apr 24th, 2006, 9:53am » |
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Listed as 10.3 litres including torque converter and cooler for the A4LDE 'box.
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Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
« Reply #9 on: Apr 24th, 2006, 9:04pm » |
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Topped it up, started engine and immediate drip!
It's booked in for tomorrow, praise the lord for trustworthy local garages!, and hopefully all will be well soon.
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Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
« Reply #10 on: Apr 27th, 2006, 9:52am » |
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All sorted, both pipes replaced, total cost 116.28 which seems good!
Thanks to all for your help and advice
Keith
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Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
« Reply #11 on: Apr 27th, 2006, 10:45am » |
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Good news, thanks for posting the outcome
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