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Hi,
This is my first post.
I recently had my gearbox reconditioned about six weeks ago. I noticed oil leaks on my drive so had a look underneath. The oil is coming from the seal directly where the gearbox bolts onto the engine block.
I took it back to the garage and he said that the oil leak was engine oil and not gearbox oil so the problem was likely to be the crankshaft seal and nothing to do with the work carried out by him. He said he was too busy to look at it thoroughly and booked it in for next week.
It seems very coincidental that a car that has never dropped a spot of oil is now leaking very soon after having work done. Furthermore, the oil patch on the drive, although reasonably dark does not resemble the darker patches that I have seen from other cars I have owned.
If the crankshaft seal had gone would engine oil force its way out of a brand new seal from gearbox to block?
Thanks in advance for any answers.
This is my first post.
I recently had my gearbox reconditioned about six weeks ago. I noticed oil leaks on my drive so had a look underneath. The oil is coming from the seal directly where the gearbox bolts onto the engine block.
I took it back to the garage and he said that the oil leak was engine oil and not gearbox oil so the problem was likely to be the crankshaft seal and nothing to do with the work carried out by him. He said he was too busy to look at it thoroughly and booked it in for next week.
It seems very coincidental that a car that has never dropped a spot of oil is now leaking very soon after having work done. Furthermore, the oil patch on the drive, although reasonably dark does not resemble the darker patches that I have seen from other cars I have owned.
If the crankshaft seal had gone would engine oil force its way out of a brand new seal from gearbox to block?
Thanks in advance for any answers.