Technical can someone help with this please?

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Technical can someone help with this please?

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The oil appears to be all around the gearbox joint, but this will also create a good line for oil to follow.
First, check the gearbox oil level. Top up if necessary.
Then degrease and clean the whole area.
Look above the topmost oily bit to see if it is dropping from above. Clean that too.
Drive for a day or so.
Oil leak is coming from the highest point.

Engine and gearbox oil smell different.
If it is the gearbox joint, it is very unusual unless disturbed or bolts coming undone. Check they are all tight. Replacement of the gasket means splitting the box apart. Living with it and topping up frequently may be more convenient.
 
and where i can check the gearbox oil level ?i do not know much about cars,and i am ill now so i cant smell nothing :yuck: will clean it tomorrow if will not raining thank you
 
Gearbox oil level is checked via that hex plug in the centre of your first and third pics.

Clutch fluid is more likely, gearbox joint unlikely to leak.

Brake/clutch fluid will feel dry on your fingers.

Theoretically a simple job.
Remove pipe, undo bolts and remove cylinder. Bolt on new one and bleed through.

Getting to it may be difficult.
Removing and refitting the pipe may be tricky if it is a clip in one like current vehicles.
Bleeding it may be easy, or it may fight back and refuse to expel all the air.

Taking to a garage is easy, except on the wallet.
 
Yeah its defiantly the clutch slave cylinder leaking from that last picture. Very easy quick job for a garage.

A new part is around £30

You will have to remove the battery and battery tray not to tough.

The cylinder is held on with two bolts and the cylinder arm just sits in the clutch fork arm, no pin or bolts.

Personally I have never taken one off completely but I have changed a clutch which meant working around one, I think it would be an easy job to fit and bleed, I would recommend just tying the clutch arm just ever so slightly back while swapping the cylinder over. Should be easy to bleed the fluid. Id imagine undoing the fluid pipe into the cylinder would be hardest part if its seized on.
 
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Piston seal is gone, the rubber is just dustboot.

Easy to change, just get the part and some brake fluid.
Bleeding it is a bit hard as I had to drive it for a day after initial bleeding, then bleed it again before it became firm.

If you dont do anything to it, you will lose your clutch (like I did while coming to traffic lights, but mine failed rather quick instead of slow leak) as master cylinder starts taking air from the tank.

Also remember to put little grease in the cup where the piston head goes.
 
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Ok so i have new cylinder going to by change this weekend ,what brake/clutch fluid i need to use or can i use some universal fluid ?and do i have to take all the fluid from the resovoir ?just ask i never done it before thanks for help
 
The oil appears to be all around the gearbox joint,
If it is the gearbox joint, it is very unusual unless disturbed or bolts coming undone. Check they are all tight. Replacement of the gasket means splitting the box apart. Living with it and topping up frequently may be more convenient.

Which gasket are you talking about here?
 
Ok so i have new cylinder going to by change this weekend ,what brake/clutch fluid i need to use or can i use some universal fluid ?and do i have to take all the fluid from the resovoir ?just ask i never done it before thanks for help

Any brake fluid labelled "DOT4". Actually difficult to find anything else.

When you detach the slave cylinder, you could plug the end of the pipe, or put it in a pot to drain. If the clutch uses the same reservoir as the brakes, the clutch take off from the reservoir is high up, so that the clutch would fail before you run out of brakes, so allowing it to drain that far is not a concern. Don't empty the reservoir, if it does the brakes as well, or you'll create a headache trying to bleed the brakes.

If the clutch has a separate reservoir, it will empty completely if you don't plug the end of the pipe, so make sure your catch pot is big enough.

Take used fluid to your local tip and add it to the waste oil. DO NOT put it into drains.

When the new cylinder is on, top up the fluid and bleed the system. Top up to max again when bled.
 
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