keynsham1
Active Member
I recently had my inhibitor switch seemingly come loose and leak a lot of gearbox fluid onto my garage floor! I have since replaced it with a new one. I have adjusted it and tightened the locknut carefully as not to damage the aluminium thread. I just looked under my car and there is another puddle of oil still coming from the switch. It is still coming from out of the threaded hole and dripping off the switch onto the housing, then onto the exhaust and finally onto my floor! The attached picture shows the leak. And when I say leak, it is actually dripping once every 30 seconds or so!
There doesn't seem to be any sort of oil seal or sealing washer in this location although the one I took off had a copper washer under the nut; something I believe I may have added the last time it was removed some years ago.
Does anyone have any experience of this leak and what I can do about it? Short of draining the gearbox (hole is below the oil level...typical!) and trying to install the switch with some sort of sealant, I am not sure what to do next.
There doesn't seem to be any sort of oil seal or sealing washer in this location although the one I took off had a copper washer under the nut; something I believe I may have added the last time it was removed some years ago.
Does anyone have any experience of this leak and what I can do about it? Short of draining the gearbox (hole is below the oil level...typical!) and trying to install the switch with some sort of sealant, I am not sure what to do next.