Hi, all. '91 Miata that had a clutch put in about 30K ago. Yesterday and today clutch seems to be slipping a bit and no power making it to the rear wheels. Tonight it got worse quickly. I put it up on the ramps and lo and behold, there's oil all over the tranny and the tunnel above. No leaks on the driveway but quite a bit spread all over on the underside of the car. It's definitely leaking where the trans bolts to the block. My hope? I assume there's a rear main seal that's leaking and allowing the flywheel to sling oil everywhere including the clutch plate. If that's the case, can I just have the tranny dropped, the seal replaced and just clean up the clutch as long as it's still pretty meaty? My first clutch went 90K and I used a genuine Mazda when I had it replaced. Thoughts? Thanks to all.....
I'm 90% sure it's oil. It's not red, and has the heavier consistency of oil, but then again I can't honestly say I know what color trans fluid is. Red like ATF? Duhhhh....