mariovr6 0 Posted April 9, 2004 hello ok here the prob ive noticed a little leak, drops on the floor when parked. its only small drops of oil i looked under the car and you can always see a drip about to fall of the sump, i cleaned it buy hand da other day n it looks like it coming from above the sump at the bulkhead end gearbox side?? the car aint losing ANY engine oil... yesterday i parked then looked under it and THERE WAS A LEAK ABOUT 5 DROPS ON DA FLOOR BUT THE OIL WAS CLEAR ALMOST WHITE AND VERY VERY THIN AND VERY CLEAN TOO... ALMOST LIKE WATER BUT IT WAS OIL... IS GEARBOX OIL ALMOST WHITE? AND VERY THIN? I COULDNT SMELL NOTHING FROM IT....LOOKED FOR THAT PEANUT SMELL BUT COULDNT TELL?? ANYWAYS WHATS IT SOUND LIKE?? ICE GREY VIOLETS VR6 CORRADO!!!! tell the tuning plum who tunned it and told me my engine was miss firing that he's let da ht lead off...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted April 9, 2004 Are you sure its not Hydraulic fluid? - maybe from a leaky slave cylinder? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mariovr6 0 Posted April 9, 2004 hi i donno? what are the telltell clues?? i know abit about cars but only hat i can see...im blind when it comes to the vr6... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted April 9, 2004 Check the fluid levels, is there also fluid on top of the gearbox? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mariovr6 0 Posted April 9, 2004 yeah it looks like there is some from the upper end.... i dont even know what the slave cylinder IS?? or where? all the oils look full except gearbox oil wht i aint got da tool to look at Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mariovr6 0 Posted April 9, 2004 ok ive looked at it know, well the book... i dont think there is any brake fluid missing though it seems full?? is this the same oil as the slave cyl?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted April 9, 2004 yeah, brake and clutch hydraulic systems share the same reservoir... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mariovr6 0 Posted April 10, 2004 ok im confused brake oil seems full n it dont hold alot so if it was that im sure it would ave gone down by now? engine oil is still very full n it looks too thin to be that? oil looks like water its so thin n clean doea this say its gotta be da gearbox? i aint got the tool to check the gear box, is that funny socket summin i can get from halfords or do i have to get stuck in traffic going to VW ?? europarts n gsf are near me will they sell da bit to check da gearbox oil??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted April 10, 2004 you should be able to get the gearbox plug spanner from Halfords (that's where I just got mine from anyway! ;) ) Gear oil normally doesn't fit your description of the stuff that's been leaked... it's evil smelling stuff normally.... what you've described does sound very much like hydraulic fluid from the clutch slave cylinder... :| Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted April 10, 2004 Could also be the pipe leading to the slave? Or maybe fluid leaking internally into the clutch housing then out again at the bottom... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mariovr6 0 Posted April 13, 2004 still aint managed to work it out.. put summin under it to catch the oil its yellowy white dont smell much abit fishy.. if i look under the car most of the oil appears to end up on the block that got the vw logo on it n just above it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
