I recently purchased a 2012 TL SH-AWD 6MT with 78000 miles. I set up an appointment at the dealer for an oil consumption test and a B12 service for this coming week. Tonight I decided to look everything over well to see if there was anything I wanted to bring to their attention while they've got it in the shop. I thought I looked stuff over pretty well when test driving, but I did not put the car it up in the air. Unfortunately tonight I found a few areas of concern. Pictures and descriptions of issues below.
1) Oil leaking from transmission. It is black and somewhat sticky, I assume it's M/T fluid. I removed the little black cover and took a couple pictures. Thoughts on where this could be coming from? Anyone had this problem? Any idea at how much I'm looking at to fix it? Major or minor concern? I've owned a few M/T Hondas, 03' 5MT Civic Coupe, 06' 6MT Civic SI, 14' 6MT Accord Sport and I've never seen any oil leak from the transmission. Pics 1 - 3
2) Some form of grease or oil appears to be leaking from what appears to be a support bearing for the passenger side half-shaft. I haven't noticed any abnormal noise. Thoughts or concerns with this? Pics 4 & 5.
3) Some oil seeping/leaking from above oil pan seal on passenger side. Possibly timing chain cover. (Any thoughts on if they'll make me fix this seep before performing the consumption test? Pic 6
4) Coolant level was below MIN level in tank. I filled it up and checked the radiator level. Added a few ounces to the radiator. Couldn't see any obvious leaks. I guess I'll find out if it's internal at the oil change this week. Any concerns of head gasket failures on these cars?
Thanks all in advance for your time! I love the car so far, but these findings have given me some concern and trepidation. I'm going to point all these things out at the service center, but I'm just looking for an idea of cost that may be associated with some of these issues.
