Gearbox oil leak from a seal
- Symptoms
- Oil drops under the gearbox
- Likely cause
- A worn gearbox oil seal.
- Fix
- Replace the leaking seal and top up the gear oil.
- Applies to
- All
- Confidence
- low
Sources
Related problems on this car
- Idle drops or engine stalls when pressing the clutch
- Overheating
- Camshaft and tappet wear (top-end noise)
- Hard start after the car has been parked
Similar problems on other cars
- Valve cover gasket and spark-tube seal leak · Toyota Corolla (9th gen, E120)
- Engine uses oil (carbon in rings) · Toyota Vitz (1st gen)
- ZZ oil consumption (1ZZ-FE/3ZZ-FE, worse on early builds) · Toyota Corolla (9th gen, E120)
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