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(Message started by: km449 on Apr 22^nd, 2006, 11:36am)

Title: Auto gearbox leaking?
Post by km449 on Apr 22^nd, 2006, 11:36am

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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

Title: Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
Post by Dave on Apr 22^nd, 2006, 11:55am

Hmmm sounds like the cooler pipes may be worth a look.

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/coolerpipes.htm

HTH

Title: Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
Post by km449 on Apr 22^nd, 2006, 2:44pm

Thanks for that.
Is it a FMD job or can my local garage sort it?

Title: Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
Post by Dave on Apr 22^nd, 2006, 2:50pm

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 ;)

Title: Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
Post by km449 on Apr 22^nd, 2006, 4:09pm

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?

Title: Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
Post by Dave on Apr 22^nd, 2006, 6:11pm

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

Title: Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
Post by music_master on Apr 23^rd, 2006, 9:22pm

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

Title: Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
Post by km449 on Apr 24^th, 2006, 7:44am

Thanks for those - what is the capacity of the gearbox fluid wise please

Title: Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
Post by Dave on Apr 24^th, 2006, 9:53am

Listed as 10.3 litres including torque converter and cooler for the A4LDE 'box.

Title: Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
Post by km449 on Apr 24^th, 2006, 9:04pm

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.

Title: Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
Post by km449 on Apr 27^th, 2006, 9:52am

All sorted, both pipes replaced, total cost 116.28 which seems good!
Thanks to all for your help and advice
Keith

Title: Re: Auto gearbox leaking?
Post by Dave on Apr 27^th, 2006, 10:45am

Good news, thanks for posting the outcome :)