Oil Leak

[DMECMAnderson]

I've got a concerning Oil Leak. I recently changed my manual transmission oil (twice): Once with EP then got the non-EP stuff from IAP. I really should read this space BEFORE I start work!!!!

After each change I noticed about 1/4 - 1/2 cup of fresh oil in the drip pan under the car. Checked the motor oil looks like no change there. The oil in the pan is "fresh" but has that metalic smell of gear oil. I Always have some sort of drip of something, but never this kind of leak.

When changing the transmission oil, I emptied the oil through the bottom plug and actually pulled off the pan bottom and replaced the gasket, then using the fill plug (bottom front side of the transmission uses a standard 13mm wrench), a tube and a funnel and help from my son filled up the oil until it drained slightly out of the fill plug. Tightned everything up. I don't see any leaks around the new gasket. My car was on car ramps so I had a slight front to back lean in the car when I did all of this work.

Is there some "overfill" escape that I don't know about? I assume when the oil gets hot it expands? Do I have a bigger problem?

[racydave]

Hi Dave. Sometimes you gotta start from zero. If you removed the pan guard, and thouroughly de-greased the motor and trans, then drove a few miles, you should be able to find the source of the leak. When the trans is full to the filler hole, there should not be a concern of overflow. Hope its a easy fix!

[So Cal Mark]

the fill plug on the tranny uses a 17mm wrench, and is on the right side of the tranny.

[TulsaSpider]

Sounds like it's overfilled to me. I am no expert at it but I made certain my car was level. I did mine a few weeks ago and the rear end too. If you filled it when it was on ramps that's a huge difference in level-ness! Plus it sounds like you filled from the wrong hole perhaps. Like Mark said it's on the right (passenger) side it's the lower plug just above where the pan meets the tranny body.

[DMECMAnderson]

Yep it was a 17mm wrench. Not a 13mm wrench. On the passenger (right) side of car.