JoeyBoyden

Basically copying this from a couple of other forums to get as many opinions/help I can get so if you can help thanks.


Car has been giving off a burning smell sometimes under hard acceleration. Most of the time however it goes quickly but I got out the car today and could smell it again outside but not when I was driving. I doubt it's the clutch burning as that has a distinctive smell, this smells more like oil. Anyway I've had a small transmission leak for a while now as I was told when I had my clutch replaced but they never had the seals there and then so just left it....Anyway, I can see where the box is leaking and I'm going to order a set of seals to try and fix it but I could also use some help with where the other oil is coming from. I cleaned my engine bay up the other day to get rid of old grease and all and it's still clean since I've noticed this oil. I look most days under the car after driving to check for leaks including a check on if the gearbox leak is about the same but I've noticed new oil appearing on the pipes next to the exhaust pipe (no idea what they're called)

If you look at these pics then they should do most of the talking....

This first one is when I didn't tighten the rocker cover properly and it leaked all over the pipe. This is sorted now but the reason for this picture is the two pipes to the right of the manifold are dry here.
http://s938.photobucket.com/user/Joe...ml?sort=3&o=28

This is the leak here taken a while ago
http://s938.photobucket.com/user/Joe...ml?sort=3&o=30

Now here's the pics I've taken tonight. First image is the offside drive shaft, looks pretty clean but the nearside one looks like the seal has gone?
http://s938.photobucket.com/user/Joe...tml?sort=3&o=0
http://s938.photobucket.com/user/Joe...tml?sort=3&o=2

There's a lot of oil there!

Here's the two pipes next to the manifold again, however the roles have been reversed and there's oil on these now!
http://s938.photobucket.com/user/Joe...tml?sort=3&o=3

And this is the main transmission leak aswell as surrounding oil all over the place.
http://s938.photobucket.com/user/Joe...tml?sort=3&o=4


I've read up a little bit and apparently when the drive shaft seals go, they can throw oil everywhere and make a right mess. Sometimes they can get onto the pipes and make that burning smell, would this be correct to assume? I really need your guys' help so let me know whether I'm right/wrong and any suggestions!

JoeyBoyden

More pics here. The oil is going all the way round so I have no idea where this could be coming from

http://s938.photobucket.com/user/Joe...48e75.jpg.html

http://s938.photobucket.com/user/Joe...cb1c6.jpg.html