Some Sort Of Oil Leak Under Car

[WAN73D]

hey guys

i got a 1990 r32 gtst and have just had the slave and master cylinder for the clutch re-sealed or wateva u call it. i had this done cos the car was shuddering getting into gear....it fixed the problem.

BUT now i've noticed drops forming on the garage floor under the car. The engine under tray is fairly damp with fluid to. i have cought some of the drips and they are oil drips and are a fairly clear fluid....and the flutch fluid that was put in was also clear...

i have noticed that in the clutch resiovoir in the engine bay it is filled to about 2-3mm over the max line....so do u think the drips are from this???

the drips are dropping on the passenger side of the car so not directly under the clutch resoivoir at all....got me stumped!!

is some seal maybe bust around the box area or something???

info here would be very much appreciated as i havent had any drips before

i'll stop writing now..hehe

Edited June 17, 2007 by WAN73D

[SECURITY]

im going to take a 'wild guess' and say its power steering fluid. check the line leading from the reservoir.

power steering fluid leaks are one of the joys in owning a skyline.

[WAN73D]

Thanks SECUR1TY for the idea but i just checked the power steering resiovoir and its sitting right on half way on the dipstick which to me seems quite healthy ....for a skyline haha.

any other ideas

i have noticed that there is a bit of an oily surface on top of i what i think is the clutch assembly. like if u look into the engine bay from the passnger side ...at the back under the engine block...this surface is always oily even when i clean it with a rag a new layer forms after driving...

hmmmm.... just wondering if its leaking down from here somewhere onto the drip try.

[SECURITY]

well the only other thing i can think of that would cause oil to build up there is:

- the cam cover gaskets - you'll need to take the cam covers off and replace the gaskets and half moons.

- rear main seal - gearbox off, rear main seal housing off, replace rear main seal.

- gearbox - nfi, just an idea.

dont just check the reservoir. get under the car and check the actual line leading from it as well as the PS pump.

[Boss-zilla]

In my 32 it looked like a rear main as the oil was dripping from the bottm of the gear box, but it was really running down the side of the motor/box and dripping off the lowest part.

I replaced the cam covers and half moons at the back (next to the fire wall) and problem solved.

[WAN73D]

In my 32 it looked like a rear main as the oil was dripping from the bottm of the gear box, but it was really running down the side of the motor/box and dripping off the lowest part.

I replaced the cam covers and half moons at the back (next to the fire wall) and problem solved.

thanks for the info mate

yeh its no so much dripping from directly under the rear main seal housing tho. so it seams to be dripping and then running down to fall our of the lowest point of the under tray (catch tray), but perhaps yeh it could be the cam covers and half moons and its just running down to this point

one thing is tho that the oil seems pretty clear and thin...where as i would of thought oil coming out of the cam covers would of been more black and thicker...

just as a note how much did u pay do get ur cam covers and half moons done the??