hello my nace is chris i am 21 and just got my first miata! great car not to bad its a 1991 5speed 240xxx miles needs work but starting some were. i am not new to car by any means just new to mazda lol but have a few ? i need answered i saw a large leak under my car the other day went out and checked it and it was clear but oily didnt really have a smell but i live on a farm to hard to smell any thing for that matter any ways i started looking around saw oil on my transmission and parked it and drove the other car to work came home to day and kinda got bored so i pulled the transmission to check there first and what did i find ! well a mess the bellhousing was all black and oily in side but all my seals look good it leak a big mess after a 3 hour drive and then quit but if it started mite as well stop it any ideas what this could be and i have been reading up the past few days on this i have been burning/losing oil but that was after my trip that i checked it and it does have 240xxx miles so i thought it would burn it but top it off and all good so i know its not the cas plus been keeping a eye on that . one big leak one day then it stop while i have the tranny off any thing i should look for.for a clue or what thanks for the help and plans to sr20det swap in the next 6 months and all custom work done by me and my work !

 

Good effort on content.

Understand though that you need to use the shift key on this forum or you will be banned. Thank you.

 

The only place oil can come from inside the bell-housing is the rear main seal. Replace it.

And yes, capitalize the first word in a sentence, it really makes stuff hard to read, especially in a a huge-*** paragraph.

 

I honestly had a horrible time reading that. It hurt.

Please try and use a period, or at least a comma so I can tell what words go together.

Might want to look into miata.net as well since they might be more understanding.

 

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