Hi all!
I am a complete newby to the seicento car and this forum! I hope to be a regular as i love this little thing.......
Now i had to buy the car as my rover 200 blew a head gasket and this little beauty was the only thing in my price range and at 33,000 miles looked like the deal and steal of the century!!!!
Well i had a long trip from south to north wales on friday and on the way home about 125 miles from home i got hit on the underside by a plank of wood from the pleb driver in a flat bed in front......straight away i lost use of the gears.....pulled to the side of the road and wanted to call the AA but left the bank card at home and they would only come if i was in posession of the card at the time.......low and behold i had to drive the car home regardless....
Yeah i know:bang:
But 20 miles down the road all was well with her again and she got me home ok........
So of course i suspected the clutch........its working but has a bit of a whir to it.......could drive her but think its best to leave her for now until i get a garage to do the clutch......still awaiting prices.
Then :idea: time and i think to check the tranny oil.......to find it empty.....add a litre that i had and still no where near full......check underneath and sure enough there is a leak from the passenger side gater covering the ??driveshaft??? (bit that goes to the wheel).......
So i am here to ask you knowledgeable folks to help a newby to the fold and say if there is a chance that if i replace the gater and flush the oil whether it will save a full clutch job (£375 ish) or is there something more sinsister going on?
Does the gater hold the oil in.......or am i seeing the result of oil getting into the gater and leaking through the slight hole???
Please give a little guidance!
I am a complete newby to the seicento car and this forum! I hope to be a regular as i love this little thing.......
Now i had to buy the car as my rover 200 blew a head gasket and this little beauty was the only thing in my price range and at 33,000 miles looked like the deal and steal of the century!!!!
Well i had a long trip from south to north wales on friday and on the way home about 125 miles from home i got hit on the underside by a plank of wood from the pleb driver in a flat bed in front......straight away i lost use of the gears.....pulled to the side of the road and wanted to call the AA but left the bank card at home and they would only come if i was in posession of the card at the time.......low and behold i had to drive the car home regardless....
Yeah i know:bang:
But 20 miles down the road all was well with her again and she got me home ok........
So of course i suspected the clutch........its working but has a bit of a whir to it.......could drive her but think its best to leave her for now until i get a garage to do the clutch......still awaiting prices.
Then :idea: time and i think to check the tranny oil.......to find it empty.....add a litre that i had and still no where near full......check underneath and sure enough there is a leak from the passenger side gater covering the ??driveshaft??? (bit that goes to the wheel).......
So i am here to ask you knowledgeable folks to help a newby to the fold and say if there is a chance that if i replace the gater and flush the oil whether it will save a full clutch job (£375 ish) or is there something more sinsister going on?
Does the gater hold the oil in.......or am i seeing the result of oil getting into the gater and leaking through the slight hole???
Please give a little guidance!
