**danger help please**

[ilovethacb7]

ok i did a oil change change the oil filter and oil everything was fine that all i did now i believe that my tranmission is leaking fluid it like a gold color so im guess its the fluid it leaking from the bottom where i believe theres a black plate under that u can take off with a 10mm socket and the other place is unkown and there is no dip stick to refill the tranny with fluid do u think the seal went bad or something please help i dont want to see my cb7 going to the graveyard if its a easy fix

[crusto2k3]

it's really hard to tell what your saying, but the gold fluid would have to be the oil you just put in your engine.

[ilovethacb7]

it's really hard to tell what your saying, but the gold fluid would have to be the oil you just put in your engine.

its like leaking from the side where the tranny is at because i check and theres no oil problem do u think it could be the honda mtf fluid that leaking from the tranny it started to leak today

[turbo90accord]

may be the rear main seal.

[pedroalcala]

try checking yor power steering fluid bro, that might be the problem, and if it is then its you main gasket.

[14bcb7]

He said theres no dipstick so Im guessing its manual. so the gold fluid could be like 10w30 in the trans. id say clean it off and then see if it leaks again and where its coming from...

[deevergote]

The chances of the transmission fluid being gold are very slim. I'm with turbo90accord in thinking that it's the rear main seal. If it's leaking that badly, it'd be best to replace it NOW, before it gives out completely and your engine blows up.

[batever]

The chances of the transmission fluid being gold are very slim. I'm with turbo90accord in thinking that it's the rear main seal. If it's leaking that badly, it'd be best to replace it NOW, before it gives out completely and your engine blows up.

2x on this, tranny fluid will not be golden, unless you have put regular engine oil in your *standard* transmission (which I do).

If the rear main oil seal is leaking then the oil will leak down on the transmission housing.

Another possibility if you have a manual (standard) transmission is a leaking clutch slave cylinder; it will leak clutch/brake fluid and flow back to the bottom of the transmission housing, and will usually be clear/golden colored.

[batever]

ok i did a oil change change the oil filter and oil everything was fine that all i did now i believe that my tranmission is leaking fluid it like a gold color so im guess its the fluid it leaking from the bottom where i believe theres a black plate under that u can take off with a 10mm socket and the other place is unkown and there is no dip stick to refill the tranny with fluid do u think the seal went bad or something please help i dont want to see my cb7 going to the graveyard if its a easy fix

If you're concerned about your transmission fluid level then check it/top it off. Depending on whether auto or standard the procedure is different, but by no means is it difficult, particularly if you have a fluid pump to pump the fluid into the tranny (12 bucks at autozone).

[deevergote]

2x on this, tranny fluid will not be golden, unless you have put regular engine oil in your *standard* transmission (which I do).

If the rear main oil seal is leaking then the oil will leak down on the transmission housing.

Another possibility if you have a manual (standard) transmission is a leaking clutch slave cylinder; it will leak clutch/brake fluid and flow back to the bottom of the transmission housing, and will usually be clear/golden colored.

The fluid in the transmission would have to be pretty new for it to retain a golden color. With our transmissions, motor oil is not a very good option. Honda transmissions are very sensitive to fluid, and the proper Honda fluids (synthetics especially) should be used for proper function. Fluid should also be changed fairly regularly (every 15k in automatics... manuals, I don't really know, but I'd do every 30k at most.)

A leaking slave cylinder is very possible, but by the time you got enough fluid to determine the color of it, the clutch function would probably also be noticeably different.

The rear main seal is the most probable cause, especially since the leak was noticed immediately after an oil change, and the fluid was golden in color. Drop the transmission and replace that seal. Even if it's not the problem (and I'm quite sure that it is), it's still something that should be replaced, as total failure of that seal will result in a completely destroyed engine due to oil starvation.

[batever]

The fluid in the transmission would have to be pretty new for it to retain a golden color. With our transmissions, motor oil is not a very good option. Honda transmissions are very sensitive to fluid, and the proper Honda fluids (synthetics especially) should be used for proper function. Fluid should also be changed fairly regularly (every 15k in automatics... manuals, I don't really know, but I'd do every 30k at most.)

Auto trannies yes, but the original owner's manual for my 1992 5 spd specifies either 10w-40 or 10w-30 multigrade oil for the tranny. A straight 30 or 40 weight oil would be better I'm sure but as far as I've known that's all the car has had in it, and when I've drained the manual tranny it always comes out fairly light colored.

As to the substance and point of the OP's post, I agree that it is most likely the rear main oil seal and not a tranny leak or clutch fluid leak. However in my post I wanted to point out a number of possibilities that others had not mentioned.