suspected gearbox letting go (again)

[FranA3]

hi folks well over the last few days when driving my car the gears are getting a little crunchy (technical term that is lol) and tonight i opened my bonnet to find my engine bay around by the battery covered in oil (think it gearbox oil) its not dripping wet soaked in it but you can tell there is oil there , it looks like its coming from where the passenger side drive shaft goes into the gearbox are the seals easy to replace ?? , is it a sign of my gearbox about to blow AGAIN need advice a.s.a.p as last time it cost a friggin fortune to fix resulting in a second hand gearbox being used
cheers me dears
fran
. ps im most upset about my OCD clean engine bay getting dirty lol

 

[marknjayne]

sounds like its just a seal,not too expensive if so

 

[warren_S5]

Sorry to hear that Fran, sound expensive.

Hard to say without seeing it, but if you get it to a specialist they'll be able to give you a better diagnosis.

Are you hearing any grinding from the box?

 

[Sandra]

hi folks well over the last few days when driving my car the gears are getting a little crunchy (technical term that is lol) and tonight i opened my bonnet to find my engine bay around by the battery covered in oil (think it gearbox oil) its not dripping wet soaked in it but you can tell there is oil there , it looks like its coming from where the passenger side drive shaft goes into the gearbox are the seals easy to replace ?? , is it a sign of my gearbox about to blow AGAIN need advice a.s.a.p as last time it cost a friggin fortune to fix resulting in a second hand gearbox being used
cheers me dears
fran
. ps im most upset about my OCD clean engine bay getting dirty lol

Hope its not to bad a problem Fran.

 

[FranA3]

I've got fingers toe's legs and everything else crossed its just a seal thats gone , no warren its drives all fine not a single noise only as i put it in gear its a tad notchy/crunchy and said oil over the engine bay , cost me over £650 to get it done last time and that was a second hand box too

edit : also the clutch seams all ok the clutch point is the same and is not slipping at all , the clutch was replaced about 25k ago

 

[FranA3]

Hope its not to bad a problem Fran.

so do i sandra if it is a problem then its good bye to my new wheels i want to get

 

[Sandra]

so do i sandra if it is a problem then its good bye to my new wheels i want to get

Have you not got a show this weekend Fran?

 

[FranA3]

Have you not got a show this weekend Fran?

no not going to any shows till april now can't afford to go to loads yet lol

 

[Sandra]

Hope its just a seal thats away Fran. Got my fingers crossed for you. x

 

[FranA3]

Hope its just a seal thats away Fran. Got my fingers crossed for you. x

i hope its just that , will get the jet wash in my engine bay tomorrow to see if i can see where its coming from i think

 

[SteG40]

If it's gearbox oil you should be able to tell because it stinks, really horrible smell. It could be a CV boot thats gone and sprayed grease everywhere that was my first thought anyway. Alot easier and cheeper to fix too.

 

[FranA3]

If it's gearbox oil you should be able to tell because it stinks, really horrible smell. It could be a CV boot thats gone and sprayed grease everywhere that was my first thought anyway. Alot easier and cheeper to fix too.

yeah I'm going to investigate more tomorrow , if it is the cv boot thats gone what could be causing the crunching gears lol

 

[Paullie]

Aww Fran, hope it's nothing bad wrong with your car . I've got everything crossed for you that it's a simple and cheap fix. Never rains Sweetie, does it? (((HUGS))) xx

 

[FranA3]

Aww Fran, hope it's nothing bad wrong with your car . I've got everything crossed for you that it's a simple and cheap fix. Never rains Sweetie, does it? (((HUGS))) xx

i know i hope its not again i was without a car for nearly a month last time trying to save up to have it fixed lol , i hope its a cheap fix because i want my new wheels if i have to spend a lot of money getting it fixed then i won't be able to buy any wheels and that would suck *** big time lol , oh no it certainly doesn't paulie it ****** pours in my world haha

 

[tdi-man]

£5 for the seal under an hour to do.

get it done very soon or bearings will need doing in the box like mine

 

[FranA3]

went out and put out the rubbish so grabbed a few picys at the same time to see if it makes more sense to you all lol

as you can see this is after a few hours at home

 

[FranA3]

£5 for the seal under an hour to do.

get it done very soon or bearings will need doing in the box like mine

take a look at the few picys I've just posted did yours look like that mate ??

 

[FranA3]

ok the car is going into the garage to be looked at one friday really hope its the diff seal , i jet washed the underside of the car today and it does look like its coming from there

 

[tdi-man]

hi
mine was leaking from the drive shaft gearbox oil seal. leak fixed but gearbox whines so will drop it of at some point and get new bearings fitted

 

[FranA3]

im 98% sure its the drive shaft seal , thanks mate will let you know how it gets on , hope you get yours sorted soon pain having problems with the car isn't it lol

 

[Greenday]

Hoope I'm not hijacking this thread with my first post, but does anyone recognise the below issue??

I have an oil leak from the gearbox of the wifes 2006 A3 2.0T Quattro.

The oil is leaking from the end of a cylinder which can be seen through an inspection hatch in the wheel arch of the passenger front side.

The plastic cover at the end seems to be slightly degraded and I'm not sure if the leak is at the perimiter of this cover or from the centre of it.

See photo's

Questions:

What is this part called?

What is behind the plastic cover?

Might this be a simple plastic cover and associated seal change out?

Is this more sinister?

Any help whatsoever appreciated​

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[FranA3]

Hoope I'm not hijacking this thread with my first post, but does anyone recognise the below issue??

I have an oil leak from the gearbox of the wifes 2006 A3 2.0T Quattro.

The oil is leaking from the end of a cylinder which can be seen through an inspection hatch in the wheel arch of the passenger front side.

The plastic cover at the end seems to be slightly degraded and I'm not sure if the leak is at the perimiter of this cover or from the centre of it.

See photo's

Questions:

What is this part called?

What is behind the plastic cover?

Might this be a simple plastic cover and associated seal change out?

Is this more sinister?

Any help whatsoever appreciated​

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its ok mate its gearbox related so its all good , not sure what that could be take it to a garage and see what they say it is

 

[tdi-man]

thats a seal whch is easy to replace had to do mine as was leaking dosnt take long theres bearings behind there.
use special sealant when refitting new one.