500 hybrid
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Quick questions re. the clutch on these 1.0 hybrid with 6 speed manual. From the posts above from Bouddica, , reporting failure after this plug becoming loose.
i am assuming that the transmission on these cars does not have a wet clutch using engine oil?
I assume then a wet clutch using clutch (brake) fluid?
Does the leak go one way, from engine to bell housing, or does the leak go both ways?
Oil and engine pressure vs pressure inside the bell housing might be a determining factor here?
Where is the oil leak to the outside exactly? Is it engine side or transmission side?
The loose plug, is it positioned above or below the normal fluid level of the bell housing, and you would also have to consider a higher fluid level than normal would be present, if the engine oil is seeping into the bell housing.
When the engine is not running, (thus no oil pressure), can the mixed fluid seep back into the engine?
Corrosive clutch fluid mixing with engine oil, being pumped through the engine does not bode well. This could spell troubles down the line, even with those cars who have had the problem fixed,
Engine oil leaking into bell housing would probably be more benign?
i am assuming that the transmission on these cars does not have a wet clutch using engine oil?
I assume then a wet clutch using clutch (brake) fluid?
Does the leak go one way, from engine to bell housing, or does the leak go both ways?
Oil and engine pressure vs pressure inside the bell housing might be a determining factor here?
Where is the oil leak to the outside exactly? Is it engine side or transmission side?
The loose plug, is it positioned above or below the normal fluid level of the bell housing, and you would also have to consider a higher fluid level than normal would be present, if the engine oil is seeping into the bell housing.
When the engine is not running, (thus no oil pressure), can the mixed fluid seep back into the engine?
Corrosive clutch fluid mixing with engine oil, being pumped through the engine does not bode well. This could spell troubles down the line, even with those cars who have had the problem fixed,
Engine oil leaking into bell housing would probably be more benign?
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