Ok, so I bought the car about three months ago:
2001 3.2 CL Type - S, Nighthawk Pearl, 81000 miles, no navigation...tan trim, yadi yadi yadi....
Anyway, so I bought the car from a dealer about three months ago, and it comes with a 6000/6-month warranty on the basics... I just happened to look underneath the car a few days ago and saw reminents of what looks like a very smalll oil leak. It isnt all over the bottom, in fact, it seems to only be on the bottom of the transmission ( around the bolts and back side of the transmission). the leak is extremely small, not even enough to drip on the ground, but its enough for me to notice, and enough for me to smell it every now and then. (I like my cars absolutely flawless, so any sign of inperfection is horrible)... My dad says leave it alone, its just a small amount so I should stop making something wrong with my car (my whole family says I look for things to be wrong with my car, but tahts how I am... perfection)... so anyhow, my options are taking it to the place I bought it, and then they look at it... if they decide its something that is under warranty, they fix it free of charge, and if its not under warranty, it costs $80 just to look at it, plus whatever it needs to be fixed. I am not sure I trust the dealership to look at it ( I guess it would be important to tell you that its NOT an Acura dealership, just a normal car dealership) ... So my other option would be taking it to the Acura dealership, who I know I can trust, and seeing where they think its coming from... but then that means money $$$, and we all know how expensive the Acura dealership itself can be. My other option is seeing if Acura can find where its coming from, and then taking the written bill and whats wrong with it to the original dealership where I bought it for the warranty repair (if its covered in the warranty) ... I am so lost, and I dont know what to do. I dont wanna just leave my car the way it is, and wait for it to become a real problem. I also can take it to a gas station, or small repair place that wont charge much to look at it and tell me where it is coming from, and from there deciding on who to take it to for the repair. if its something covered under my warranty though, do I want to risk having the dealership I bought it from even working on it? Are they trsutworthy? Or should I avoid everything and have it done right by Acura? Who knows. Please take the time and respond, and any feedback at all is a HUGE help! THANKS FOR YOUR TIME!

Kyle.

 

Might be a the metal washer for the oil plug. Sounds like it maybe wasnt changed during the last oil change and it might be causing that tiny drip.

 

You should have it checked out, it sounds like a rear main seal leak. Do a search you will lots of people with the same issue. I had a similar issue as you, took it to the dealer, they said it was nothing. Just remnants of oil from an oil change or something.

 

Had the same issue at 75000 miles. It was the rear main seal. They quoted $950 at Acura to fix it because the transmission has to be removed to access the seal. The transmission failed before I had a chance to get it fixed so they replaced the seal at that time for $90.

 

It's probably a the rear main seal as others have stated.

 

I'm sure he would notice it coming from the drain plug.

 

"I thought you said she was a real spark plug"

"Huh? Oh I said butt plug, Ted"

Something about Mary


Sorry, has no relevance at all, just couldn't resist.

 

I had my cars transmission fixed under the recall at 64000 miles, and noticed a leak similar to what you described but more advanced. Does anyone know if the dealership dropped the transmission during the recall work and if this could be the cause? Thanks.

 

No it's the seal on the transmission. Highly doubtful any damage from them "dropping" it would cause this. There is a TSB out for this problem and it should be repaired under warranty as it is transmission related.

 

Did you pay or was it a freebee?