I have a '95 Civic Coupe that i just picked up recently.
Last week I changed the engine oil and noticed a leak where the transmission bell housing and engine mate. The oil is light tan or clearish so it's not engine oil. It appears to be fresh and it leaks quite a bit; there's traces of the oil going all the way back and onto the exhaust and after I wiped it down I noticed quite a bit of accumulation a week later.

My guess it it's transmission oil but

• how do you check it? I can't find a dipstick

• what fluid do you use normally?

• where could the leak be coming from? I can't see anything obvious on the outside of the engine/transmission

 

auto or manual?

You can add a dye to the transmission fluid to verify that's what is leaking.

 

yeah, sorry, I just dropped back in realizing I'm missing details.

Manual Trans
288k on the body
100+k on engine
unknown transmission service history.