found oil leaks from SST transmission oil pan few weeks ago. today after an hour driving and took a picture of it.
how bad is it? any solution? not sure if dealer will fix this even though i had no transmission and internal engine mods at all.

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg277/jacklifrog/TrannyOilPanLeak.jpg

How many miles do you have on the car now?
Can you recall if the car had a clutch/oil smell at any time earlier?

Was there a pool of oil in the plastic tray?

How many miles do you have on the car now?
Can you recall if the car had a clutch/oil smell at any time earlier?

Was there a pool of oil in the plastic tray?

found this when doing transmission and transfer case oils change, about 15k miles. no clutch and oil smell, and the car runs normal. im not sure if those are oils on the tray because the wet spot is behind the oil pan.

im going to bring the car to service this weekend and see how it goes.

its an oil clutch pack dude no smell will ever come out of the clutchs them self .!
get ssp for a chat , get a oil pan gasket change it , new oil in it call it a day

its an oil clutch pack dude no smell will ever come out of the clutchs them self .!
get ssp for a chat , get a oil pan gasket change it , new oil in it call it a day

yeah i talked to Jeremy and he told me to check all the screws on the pan and i didn't know they selling oil pan gasket. do you have a link for it? i wanna bring the car back to dealer first and see how it goes.

yeah i talked to Jeremy and he told me to check all the screws on the pan and i didn't know they selling oil pan gasket. do you have a link for it? i wanna bring the car back to dealer first and see how it goes.

We don't sell a gasket for the pan, nor does mitsu.

well.... get it off clean the surface and gasket and tight the bit ch u p!

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So, if you don't sell a gasket....how it is sealed? O-ring?

So, if you don't sell a gasket....how it is sealed? O-ring?

yes factory uses O-ring.

Scary! MR's are slowly coming up with issues!

Scary! MR's are slowly coming up with issues!

i feel the same it just have 15k miles, i drive very safe and take care of it. i hope its not a big issue. car goes to service tomorrow, cant wait and see what the hell is going on.

u sure its not ur catch can leaking down give it a check it happened to me before it could be loose or something.

If you had a GSR this wouldn't be a problem, boy the price of convenience!

i wish i wake up one morning and i bought a gsr 2 years ago ....

u sure its not ur catch can leaking down give it a check it happened to me before it could be loose or something.

there would be that many oils on the driver side catch can. i check both cans every month. most oil from the one on passenger side. and the oil only found under the oil pan around gasket area. so i think it shouldnt be the catch cans

i wish i wake up one morning and i bought a gsr 2 years ago ....

my gf and family don't drive manual, i think i shouldnt consider this when i bought it and paid 6k less for the gsr...
car in service now and im waiting, its been inside for 6 hours, if this is a serious problem and not covered by warranty because my bolts on mods, i will put the car back to stock then try another service again...

i wish i wake up one morning and i bought a gsr 2 years ago ....

i searched and read most threads regarding the oil leaks, seems like not many problems on the SST, some happened because the MAF or ECU inside, very few cases though. and seems like more transmission problems on the gsr.

If you had a GSR this wouldn't be a problem, boy the price of convenience!
Until your master cylinder breaks in half while sitting in traffic.....



Mitsubishi...in their infinite stupidity, replaces the entire SST for leaking pans if the car is 100% stock and under warranty.

Until your master cylinder breaks in half while sitting in traffic.....



Mitsubishi...in their infinite stupidity, replaces the entire SST for leaking pans if the car is 100% stock and under warranty.

A new MC is still cheaper than new SST :shades:. Yeah that is crazy, I hear it is like practically a 5 figure swap out. Insane that they don't just fix the leak.

Until your master cylinder breaks in half while sitting in traffic.....
Mitsubishi...in their infinite stupidity, replaces the entire SST for leaking pans if the car is 100% stock and under warranty.

i totally agree. but i just cant keep the car stock. its an evo.

A new MC is still cheaper than new SST :shades:. Yeah that is crazy, I hear it is like practically a 5 figure swap out. Insane that they don't just fix the leak.

they have new solution for this problem now, they can just order the oil pan and seal ring

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg277/jacklifrog/leaksservice.jpg

okay guys here is the answer, they checked my car for hours and conclusion is, the leak is not that bad, they said just some oils around the gasket area and they have some sort of equipments to know the oil level is fine. they re-torque all screws and told me to come back after 1k miles and see if it's still leaking. if so, they will order the pan and seal ring for the car, free of charge. they said the ring shape liked stuff might be the problem (not perfectly sealed something like that) but cant just order it alone, it has to be come with the oil pan.

i went to bell mitsubishi and the manager there is also the president of tri-state evo. i bought my car there and i feel happy about the result. they are the biggest evo dealer in east coast and today i saw 10 new evos and couple used in the lot, nice place and mike is the man there!

somehow they charged me $100 bucks for diagnostic fee. they said after i re-check in in 1k miles, no matter there still a leak or not, they can close the file or order the parts to fix it, then submit the report and reimbursement form to mitsu and they will send me a check back (lol who knows)

that answered my curiosity, i found the leaks when i was doing transmission oil change about a month ago but i could still drained 6L of tranny fluid... which means the leak is not so bad.

will keep this updated and see what happen. guys thanks again for all the helps !

also i was told that if the leak is bad, there will be a warning light tells you transmission service required because the temp inside is too high

and u were talking crap about the MR. man show some love to it. i have an MR my SST broke down at 7K miles, they replaced it under warranty and the car has been great so far. I wouldnt get a GSR for nothing.. i love the MR, period.

and u were talking crap about the MR. man show some love to it. i have an MR my SST broke down at 7K miles, they replaced it under warranty and the car has been great so far. I wouldnt get a GSR for nothing.. i love the MR, period.

lol i was worry about they would complain because i modded my car. i love it too!

your is minimal leak. im suprise that they re tighten it, maybe mitsu is fixing small thing on mr tranny now like those leak/gasket issue. still i dont see why they have to charge you. that thing crap not because of you. good luck. i hope that it.

hahaha dont run out of oil in that trans by the time you see the light it will be to late and youll run out of clutchs hahaha....
got to love BELL mitsu ..... pffffffffff....

your is minimal leak. im suprise that they re tighten it, maybe mitsu is fixing small thing on mr tranny now like those leak/gasket issue. still i dont see why they have to charge you. that thing crap not because of you. good luck. i hope that it.

im glad they have oil pan replacement available. otherwise i doubt they would replace the whole tranny for me lol

hahaha dont run out of oil in that trans by the time you see the light it will be to late and youll run out of clutchs hahaha....
got to love BELL mitsu ..... pffffffffff....

i hope this would never happen. you heard about bell mitsu from canda ?

I hope that resolves your issues!