left over oil from oil change what a dummy


Modified by ITR 1102 at 9:15 PM 7/26/2005

 

That looks like oil, from the oil change you did last night. Take a can of brake cleaner to the whole back side of the block, let it dry overnight, go drive the car and look again and I'll bet itll be gone. When you pull the filter it often goes all over the place and makes it look like theres oil coming from everywhere. If it was the midshaft there's just a bearing in there, and any grease wouldnt look like the stuff you took a picture of.

My bet is its just oil though.

 

i took the pic while i was under there this morning... before changing the oil.

i always wipe the thing down, so nothing ever has any oil or grease anywhere

2k miles ago, i did my alignment, and noticed it then too, wiped it off, it came back

could MTF leak through there?

 

what does it smell like

manual tranny fluid has a very distinct odor to it

should be easy to tell if its tranny fluid vs engine oil

 

Try spraying the heck out of it with brake cleaner like I said, seriously, itll clean that whole area up really nice, and youll be able to tell if theres any leak.

Like I said, that looks like motor oil. Trans fluid (Honda MTF, Redline and many others) is more goldish/yellow and stays that way a lot longer than motor oil, it also smells a lot different from motor oil.

And if you look at the diagrams for the midshaft you'd see that its not the midshaft that'd be leaking that (nor do I believe that itd go bad after only 14K mi) its just a bearing in there.

 

i dunno. i didnt sniff it. just cleaned it off.
it was slippery

only concern is where it is coming from. everything is spotless, then it just shows up there

 

manual transmission fluid is foul

if you got close to it and didnt smell anything abnormal it probably wasn't transmission fluid

good luck fixing it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kirinpoopy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">manual transmission fluid is foul

if you got close to it and didnt smell anything abnormal it probably wasn't transmission fluid</TD></TR></TABLE>

honda manual tranny fluid is not like 80/90. it does not smell bad. it is basically motor oil with additives. 80/90 gear lube is the nasty stuf.
regarding the original posters concerns, you have nothing to worry about. that is just oil that dripped down when you removed the filter. clean it off with some brakecleen and you will be good to go.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KOALA YUMMIES &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Try spraying the heck out of it with brake cleaner like I said, seriously, itll clean that whole area up really nice, and youll be able to tell if theres any leak.

Like I said, that looks like motor oil. Trans fluid (Honda MTF, Redline and many others) is more goldish/yellow and stays that way a lot longer than motor oil, it also smells a lot different from motor oil.

And if you look at the diagrams for the midshaft you'd see that its not the midshaft that'd be leaking that (nor do I believe that itd go bad after only 14K mi) its just a bearing in there. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree.

 

Like others have said, there is no oil in the halfshaft.

Clean it, and check after you drive around for the source.

 

motor oil from your oil change