Car started slipping under hard acceleration yesterday, I figured it was my clutch since I'm at 80k about now. When I got home I noticed an oil spill in my garage . Looking under the car oil was dripping at about 1 drop per 3-4 seconds. I'm stumped as to what it is..anyone know what it can be? Before the slipping started a day before I noticed I had to apply a little more gas than normal to drive out of first..almost felt like the car was being lazy or lost a little bit of power.

 

Rear main?

 

You think oil is just getting in the clutch section causing it to slip?

 

Possibly, and if thats the case it's most likely too late for the clutch, if there's enough oil for it to slip it's probably saturated, not just a film on top.

Besides if it is, it has to come apart anyway, so there won't be any extra "clutch" labor, just parts.

 

Sounds about right, you think it should be ok to drive to my mechanic? Is this engine oil or transmission oil?

 

So it's been narrowed down to a worn oil pan gasket causing the leak, the clutch itself has been damaged in a way that caused parts of it to bouncertain around in the bell housing causing damage to the flywheel also. I'm going to do both jobs myself (pan gasket, clutch amid flywheel replacement including rear main seal). Will I be needing anymore parts with this job such as new bolts? Or would it be safe to reuse the hardware? Of course if the bolts themselves are gouged from the broken debree I will replace them regardless. Any sort of tips or input would be very much appreciated.

 

On our cars you should do clutch & flywheel at the same time 99% of the time anyway, as far as the other stuff, check with who you get your parts from, since he's my guy, I say give Chad a call @ DT, he can set you up with a complete Valeo kit and can tell you what other things you may need to replace.