Was under the car today doing an oil change and having never seen under the car before I had a wee nosey around.

I spotted a couple of points that look wet with oil and I don't know if they should and what it means as I don't know what the parts are.

Photos attached, also it looks like there's a bolt missing from one of the bits - should that have one in it?

Cheers






 Learned to drive in 2011.
Bought a Micra - great little car
"Upgraded" to Kia Sportage - hated it
Proper upgrade to FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - tailgate paint issues, fuel gauge rewire, transfer box failure at 36k miles, clutch at 60k
Reconditioned diff at 70k ish
Sold at 84k and now on a DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental

Front of car or rear?

If front it looks like transfer box - takes drive from front gearbox and turns it through 90 degrees and onto prop shaft.
known to fail in time, approx. £600 if you do the job yourself.
If rear it could be the Haldex - clutch that selects 4WD also known to die - mine never did so no idea of cost.

If in doubt talk to Austin at bellengineering.co.uk
who is a regular on this site. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner

It's at the front. Would be disappointed if it is the transfer box as I had that replaced maybe 2 years ago under extended warranty. Learned to drive in 2011.
Bought a Micra - great little car
"Upgraded" to Kia Sportage - hated it
Proper upgrade to FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - tailgate paint issues, fuel gauge rewire, transfer box failure at 36k miles, clutch at 60k
Reconditioned diff at 70k ish
Sold at 84k and now on a DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental

Just dawned on me there was no oil on the plate that you remove to access underneath the engine. With oil like that on the parts would you expect it to have dropped onto the plate? Learned to drive in 2011.
Bought a Micra - great little car
"Upgraded" to Kia Sportage - hated it
Proper upgrade to FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - tailgate paint issues, fuel gauge rewire, transfer box failure at 36k miles, clutch at 60k
Reconditioned diff at 70k ish
Sold at 84k and now on a DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental