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I'd thought that I'd posted something about this some time back but am not finding it.
Planning on doing a clutch change on the wife's car: 2003 Golf. When we'd gotten it from her son (we'd bought it for him and then we got it back) I'd noticed a leak from the transmission. It's not a bad leak, but it's not one that appears to be common (I've scoured the Internet and haven't found anyone having a similar leak). We bought this car from the original owner; he'd had the clutch replaced at some point (not documented other than I have a receipt for the clutch- LUK; pretty sure it's not the stock clutch because the car has a Stage 3 tune and DLC1019s). Means that someone messed with it: I've already found traces of some less than impressive wrenching by a professional!
The leak is coming from where the transmission case and bell housing case come together, right near the drain plug. It's NOT from any of the seals. I applied some more toque to the housing bolts but that didn't help: likely tightened more than they should have been but I don't think it's problematic.
I don't want to yank things and be caught flatfooted. I am wanting to have plans in place for various scenarios.
One option is that I'd have to swap for a rebuilt unit. I'd prefer to avoid this because the current transmission shifts flawlessly and the wife is very happy with it (she hates my car- 2nd gear synchro is hammered from a PO).
Another option is to seal things up but I am at a loss as to how this would be done. I cleaned off the bottom and put some sealer on the outside to try and contain the leak: I haven't checked since then because there's nothing I could do about it if it didn't help. There is no sealant that I've been able to detect from the factory (on any of the cars that I've had). However, looking at one rebuilder (first one popping up on a search- no endorsement) I see that they DO use sealer. Someone's rebuild could as readily leak as a reseal by myself: parts costs are less an issue than TIME- I don't want to face it leaking after getting everything back together.
Will be doing the clutch later this summer. Initially I'd put it off because I only wanted to tackle the suspension refresh. I figured that the clutch could wait. But there's signs that the clutch might be starting to slip (as she reports). I'll likely be putting in an SB Stage II Daily: German Cascade Auto doesn't appear to carry my DC Stage 1 clutch anymore- I LOVE that clutch and would put it in her car in an instant.
Not sure that pictures would do anything to help elaborate on this: getting pics on this site is horrendous anyway.
Planning on doing a clutch change on the wife's car: 2003 Golf. When we'd gotten it from her son (we'd bought it for him and then we got it back) I'd noticed a leak from the transmission. It's not a bad leak, but it's not one that appears to be common (I've scoured the Internet and haven't found anyone having a similar leak). We bought this car from the original owner; he'd had the clutch replaced at some point (not documented other than I have a receipt for the clutch- LUK; pretty sure it's not the stock clutch because the car has a Stage 3 tune and DLC1019s). Means that someone messed with it: I've already found traces of some less than impressive wrenching by a professional!
The leak is coming from where the transmission case and bell housing case come together, right near the drain plug. It's NOT from any of the seals. I applied some more toque to the housing bolts but that didn't help: likely tightened more than they should have been but I don't think it's problematic.
I don't want to yank things and be caught flatfooted. I am wanting to have plans in place for various scenarios.
One option is that I'd have to swap for a rebuilt unit. I'd prefer to avoid this because the current transmission shifts flawlessly and the wife is very happy with it (she hates my car- 2nd gear synchro is hammered from a PO).
Another option is to seal things up but I am at a loss as to how this would be done. I cleaned off the bottom and put some sealer on the outside to try and contain the leak: I haven't checked since then because there's nothing I could do about it if it didn't help. There is no sealant that I've been able to detect from the factory (on any of the cars that I've had). However, looking at one rebuilder (first one popping up on a search- no endorsement) I see that they DO use sealer. Someone's rebuild could as readily leak as a reseal by myself: parts costs are less an issue than TIME- I don't want to face it leaking after getting everything back together.
Will be doing the clutch later this summer. Initially I'd put it off because I only wanted to tackle the suspension refresh. I figured that the clutch could wait. But there's signs that the clutch might be starting to slip (as she reports). I'll likely be putting in an SB Stage II Daily: German Cascade Auto doesn't appear to carry my DC Stage 1 clutch anymore- I LOVE that clutch and would put it in her car in an instant.
Not sure that pictures would do anything to help elaborate on this: getting pics on this site is horrendous anyway.
