Bizzare Fiesta Gearbox issue!
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2000/W Fiesta Zetec S 1.6. Found today that the gearbox is caked in clean gearbox oil! Bought the car a fortnight ago and have had nothing but smooth running since, then today I find it not only hard to get into reverse, but a massive puddle of oil under the car! Got underneath and the oil is everywhere! It's not coming from the driveshaft seals and most of it was ON TOP of the box.
I topped the oil up, jet washed the box off and drove 10miles home. Since it's been home, no leaking!
It seemed to be wettest around the joint where the box casing bolts to the bell housing, but I checked all the bolts were tight.
Theres nothing obvious leaking, or even not so obvious. If it weren't for the fact that it had lost oil and the gears were hard to select, I'd put it down to overspill from something else! Long shot but anyone had anything similar?!
I topped the oil up, jet washed the box off and drove 10miles home. Since it's been home, no leaking!
It seemed to be wettest around the joint where the box casing bolts to the bell housing, but I checked all the bolts were tight.
Theres nothing obvious leaking, or even not so obvious. If it weren't for the fact that it had lost oil and the gears were hard to select, I'd put it down to overspill from something else! Long shot but anyone had anything similar?!
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