check your brake fluid; sounds like it may be the seals in the clutch slave are gooonneee

 

I did check is full but is motor oil old motor oil ,

 

Possible crack/hole in tranny case

 

ohh man thats not good

 

How much does it leak?

If your rear main seal is toast and the check valve going to the PCV nipple is bad pressure from the turbo into the crankcase will blow oil out the seals when you're accelerating.

Could also be input shaft seal @ the transmission.

Drew

 

how does used motor oil get into your transmission? This is how it sounds to me when I read it.

If you are leaking motor oil from where the trans and the engine are mated - there is a GOOD change it's the rear main seal, however I would look into all other options first to ensure things are hooked up and working as they are intended so that there isn't excessive pressure forcing the leak.

That aside - if it's gear oil, it can be dealt with very easily. 1 Gallon of gear oil and top off as needed. This is how my 87' 9000 was - went though 1 gallon every 3 months. The fluid was a clean as it ever could be - and I knew it needed fluid when first and second gear needed a little effort to engage Aside from that you can run a 9000 gearbox on pretty much no gear oil and get around - previous owner of my 87' must have done this for months if not years.... gears all worked perfect and never popped out either.

 

bad news there is a hole on the the case..... so now im looking for a new gear box
n/a is any good?? or turbo???
i need one asap
help

 

n/a will have much shorter gear ratios so if you use it the acceleration will be faster but kiss your highway mpg's good by

 

Very true, first is annoyingly short. I had a 94 n/a box in a 96 cse and hated it.

 

I have a 1995 9000 5 speed from a CS for sale....

http://www.saablink.net/forum/items-sale/48257.htm

 

That would have the smaller driver wouldn't it? If so, just switch that out with the larger one and you're good to go.

 

ahh ok

 

Yeah so I order a $480 and a new clutch and main seal should be ready this week.

 

what was $480?

 

sorry that was the gear box

 

Ah - pricey! Could have bought mine for $290ish and I'd of met you part way

 

so i just got the stage 3 jzw for my car, ahh man i cant way!!!
the tranny come damage so the other one is coming on Tuesday,
so by wed.....

 

You could have called Autobarn in Hartland, VT and got a gearbox for $250. They are one of the best indie shops around.


All joking aside, remember to take lots of pics when you swap the gearboxes, and don't forget to re-install that stupid little crescent-moon shaped plate with the spacer on it that goes between the oil pan and gearbox. I did, and I blew a testicle sized hole in the oil pan by trying to torque the fucking bottom bolt on.

 

All joking aside, remember to take lots of pics when you swap the gearboxes, and don't forget to re-install that stupid little crescent-moon shaped plate with the spacer on it that goes between the oil pan and gearbox. I did, and I blew a testicle sized hole in the oil pan by trying to torque the fucking bottom bolt on.

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I did the same thing; dont forget that damn plate!

 

Question if there was just a hole in the box why not just weld it up?

I gotta check this on mine as there is a little oil leaking here too like If I leave the car parked in 1 spot for the whole weekend theres a drop about 1" in diameter on the ground.

 

not just a spot is like a half quart or more,
the hole was from the in side out and i don't know a good welder around...

 

Fair enough did you get any pics?

Just so I know where to look. I think mine is just a rear main though as its not a bad leak although stumbling across this thread has made me fear for the worst.

Are you doing the box swap yourself? If so do you need to take the motor out to get the gearbox out?

 

no i'm having a saab tech doing.
now if u look at the engine and gear box meets thats where the oil was leaking,
now i have heard that rear main seal leaks is a small amount of oil, like u describing.so that could be it...

 

thats the hole

 

Holy shit lol can see why you didn't weld it up. Kind of big isn't it. Is this picture inside the gearbox housing like on the right of that hole that gold thing is that the clutch slave and release bearing?

Was it leaking a lot?

You mean where the gearbox bell housing meets up to the block right next to the back of the oil sump cause thats where mines leaking but its a very slow drip.

 

yes that at the housing,
it sounds like the rear main seal...now hows the engine oil is getting low??

 

Well I've only had the car a few weeks and changed the oil about 2 weeks ago. It hasn't really dropped at all. Like I said it is a very slow leak.

I will have to have a look through the cover where the slave is fingers crossed its not what has happened to yours.
There's a little oil around the sump and it looks like the sump needs to be resealed so I'm hoping its that or rear main at the worst.

 

we are all done, it great to have the car back....ahh i miss my car.....

 

Congrats! I checked mine out over the last few days there's no oil I can see inside so must just be rear main.
I'll change it over when the clutch goes.