I have a small oil leak on my saxo after recently changing the clutch, What is causing it?

I had a problem with the clutch and had to get a new one plus clutch arm and sleeve. A few days after I noticed a few small puddles of oil beneath the vehicles engine.





The car is a 1.1l Saxo %26quot;S%26quot; reg, 3 door.|||You probably tore up the oil seal on the end of the crankshaft going into the transmission.


This oil leak will probably saturate the new clutch you put in and ruin it as well.


Expensive lesson.


Do it all over and replace seal and clutch plate as if any oil got on it ( and it did ) then it will fail over time - real fast.|||If you%26#039;re not careful with the clutch alignment during install, it%26#039;ll damage the rear main seal and cause oil leakage right there where the tranny case joins the engine. You%26#039;ll have to split the tranny off and replace that seal, and get it aligned correctly this time.





There%26#039;s usually a tool, a cheap one, that will help with the alignment so you can be sure you%26#039;ve got everything centered correctly. If you%26#039;re doing this job yourself, get hold of that tool before you try again.





If you had it done at a shop, they owe you the job done over, correctly this time.