Leak in the middle of the underbody?
05-10-2006, 09:54 PM
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Leak in the middle of the underbody? Hi,
Alright, here's my situation, I just bought a 99' WS6 and I pulled it into my garage to clean it. When I took it out for pictures I found a small fluid leak about midway back. My dad and his friend say it may be gearbox fluid and it makes scense to me because the car was sitting for a while and the chances of a seal drying up sounds plausible. I was just wondering if anyone else has had any experiences with this under normal driving wear or if it could be just from sitting for a couple of months, and if so I would like to find out what the price range of this fix is going to cost me... Thanks a lot for reading.
Alright, here's my situation, I just bought a 99' WS6 and I pulled it into my garage to clean it. When I took it out for pictures I found a small fluid leak about midway back. My dad and his friend say it may be gearbox fluid and it makes scense to me because the car was sitting for a while and the chances of a seal drying up sounds plausible. I was just wondering if anyone else has had any experiences with this under normal driving wear or if it could be just from sitting for a couple of months, and if so I would like to find out what the price range of this fix is going to cost me... Thanks a lot for reading.
05-12-2006, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by waiting2bl33d
what color is the fluid auto or manual? could be a rear trans seal. thats about the middle of the car. have you changed all of your mluids?
05-13-2006, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by mrhzk35404
Was the car idling for a while in that spot? If so maybe it is condensation with soot from the exhaust leaking out of a pipe connection. Just an Idea?
Thinking the same thing.
05-14-2006, 06:19 PM
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I just took it to a family machanic and they told me that the rear seal, the pinion seal, and where the shifter meets the tranny seal is rotted out. Thanks guys for all of the input.
