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Post# 1154867   7/20/2022 at 22:49 (645 days old) by Bazzybtec (Churchill Queensland Australia)        

Hi All

What does it generally mean when the transmission seeps oil and creates a flick stain around the machine? is this an issue?

Regards




Post# 1154872 , Reply# 1   7/21/2022 at 00:10 (645 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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What's the make and model of the washer?

Post# 1154873 , Reply# 2   7/21/2022 at 04:22 (644 days old) by Bazzybtec (Churchill Queensland Australia)        

Whirlpool Malleys 2296

Post# 1154883 , Reply# 3   7/21/2022 at 10:33 (644 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)        

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Probably the spin tube seal and or top bearing seal is bad.

Post# 1154900 , Reply# 4   7/21/2022 at 17:06 (644 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)        
whirlpool transmissions

 There must be something going on with the transmission. Whirlpool transmissions held a lot of oil.

Post# 1154965 , Reply# 5   7/22/2022 at 18:04 (643 days old) by Jben (AL)        
What part is flicking out the oil ? Confused

 I've seen the WP/KM DD washers that have some oil around the inside of the cabinet. I have a difficult time understanding how it is getting there.

We know the source of the oil has to be from the transmission. Yet the transmission is only 1/2 full of oil or about up to where the top cover is attached. OK so we will get splashing up and around inside of the transmission during operation. However, it must not be that much or would we not see oil coming out of the small vent hole in top of the cover. And if you look it appears that vent hole opening is lower (~10mm) than the seal area where the agitator shaft is coming up.

Ok so what if some oil is splashing up and comes out around a poor agitator shaft seal in the top cover. This is still below the clutch (is it not?) so gravity should be pulling it down onto the top cover to eventually drip below; not rise up to get into the clutch above so it can then accumulate and be spun out?

Anyone care to add more on this oil path that get's out of the transmission to then be spun out please do.

I have read that water leaking past the spin tube seals can flow down and get into the transmission and this would raise the total fluid level - with the oil moving on top of the water. With that I could see oil s/be coming out the vent hole first (and dripping down below) and maybe some also could get past the top cover seal but how is it rising enough to get up into the clutch ?



Post# 1154984 , Reply# 6   7/22/2022 at 19:36 (643 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)        

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Normally the stain on the cabinet is from the little bit of oil and grease from the center post bearings or spin tube bearings as the water creeps down through the failed seal. If water leaks into the gearcase most of the time the oil ends up on the floor.


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