GTV-6 Transaxle oil lead (sic) leak

[AlfaNeely@xxxxxxx]

       Looking at the rear of the car, the transmission gears rotate in an 
anti clockwise direction.  This washes the oil up on the inside of the right 
side of the transmission.  Turning the car hard left will further wash the fluid 
up on the right side.
       My 84 spider race car leaked badly out of the right side vent tube on 
the shifter tower.  I removed the vent, drilled and tapped it for a plug.  I 
now run with only the left side vent, but have no problems with losing 
transmission fluid, or at least it does not come out of the vent.
       So where is the vent on the GTV-6 transaxle?  I have given away and / 
or sold all my Alfetta / Milano parts, so I cannot look and see for my self.

Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City


In a message dated 7/10/2003 8:48:12 AM Central Daylight Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

> Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 21:25:53 -0700
> From: "Fred Wright" <alfafredly@domain.elided>
> Subject: GTV-6 Transaxle oil lead
> 
> Need your help here......While driving on beautiful Pacific Raceways 2.25 
> road course in Seattle during a lapping day( at high rates of speed I might 
> add) my GTV-6 decided to throw out some transmission oil.
> 
> It seemed to happen on hard left hand turns especially in turn 8 after some 
> hard braking. It was a fairly warm day by Seattle standards 75-80 no 
> humidity. The oil flew back on the muffler and caused a James Bond like 
> smoke screen. I got that "OH- NO feeling" and exited the track at the first 
> chance I got. Once I stopped, I noticed several small oil leaks(5-6 on the 
> ground and a fair amount of oil on the lower tramission housing and the 
> muffler. Maybe a 1-2 oz. altogether.
> 
> I let the car cool at the track and no more leaks. I drove the car home 
> about 15 miles and a few drops were on the floor when I inspected it 
> tonight. Not much though. I jacked up the car and took a good look at the 
> transaxle. The leak seems to be on the left side of the trasaxle but it 
> doesn't seem clear exactly where it is coming from. It looks like it has 
> been leaking under motion for some time just a bit.  There was some oil 
> around the speedo sender(My guess as the problem) and the reverse light 
> socket but hard to tell. Good news is there are no cracks of missing bolts. 
> Checked the oil level and it is down just a bit.
> 
> The transmission was recently rebuilt built by a local shop and has been 
> working fine. Not a drop of oil from the tranaxle since it was done in Sept. 
> 
> until now?
> 
> Love to hear your thought and suggestions before I take it back to the shop.
> 
> Fred Wright
> NWARC - Seattle " Home of the 2005 National Convention"
> 85 GTV-6
> 77 Spider
> 69 GTV
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