URGENT Help.. Cinq/Sei n/s drive shaft...

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Posted under cinq but the sei is the same!!
Ok Khris has had an oil leak  Its gearbox oil, in fact the box was nearly empty 
Question is; The inner CV boot. This has a tripod CV joint. Would I be correct is saying that when the gearbox is FULL if the inner CV boot is damaged then oil can freely come out of the gatter? I cant see any form of seal when the drive shaft is removed!!!!!
Car is up on jacks at the mo. I have fresh gearbox oil and a new CV inner boot to go on.
How come the gearbox oil is allowed to sit inside the gatter? I thought all cv joints were packed with CV grease in the boot??
I'm fitting the new boot tomorrow morning so please help if you can

[fullpint]

Posted under cinq but the sei is the same!!
Ok Khris has had an oil leak  Its gearbox oil, in fact the box was nearly empty 
Question is; The inner CV boot. This has a tripod CV joint. Would I be correct is saying that when the gearbox is FULL if the inner CV boot is damaged then oil can freely come out of the gatter? I cant see any form of seal when the drive shaft is removed!!!!!
Car is up on jacks at the mo. I have fresh gearbox oil and a new CV inner boot to go on.
How come the gearbox oil is allowed to sit inside the gatter? I thought all cv joints were packed with CV grease in the boot??
I'm fitting the new boot tomorrow morning so please help if you can

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Non Sporting Cinqs and Seis (even some 1108 Seis) had this arrangement. It's truly horrible. You need absolutely a new inner CV gaiter whenever you need to remove the driveshaft.

On these cars, checking the gearbox oil level on a weekly basis is pretty much essential.

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We CV boot fitted now. Fairly easy job at the end of the day but what a stupid idea!!! I think our son had been running around with no (or VERY little) gearbox oil 
He just sent me a text saying 'Dad the gear change is nice and smooth now'.. I  texted him back saying 'Thats becasue you now have oil in your gearbox son' 
Got a back-log at work now after doing this so its head down tomorrow and crack on with a bit stripping