2012 S175 leaking hydraulic fluid from ??

[MostWantedLandscape]

Hey everybody I just bought a 2012 S175with 389 hrs from a bobcat dealer/rental house. This place is about 300 miles from me so im trying limit the trips back and forth. Anyway when I got it home I noticed hydraulic fluid on the trailer under it. The pan comes to a point so to speak at the back of the motor and thats where i see fluid. I've been through the whole machine with a flashlight. I even poped the cab up and looked around in there. This thing must have been at a dairy casue it stinks like cow shat badly and its everywhere on the lower part of the machine. But i cant see anything that even looks remotely suspicious for a leak. the machine is still inder factory warrenty until sept 10th 2014 so I guess i could bring it in. But i have been reading horror storys about bobcat playing the blame game with customers. While its new to me it was in a bobcat rental program of some kind so who knows what its been through. My local bobcat dealer is more then likely mad at me because i turned down their high priced new machine deal for a slightly used one at another dealer out of state lol. anyway are there any "known Leak points" on these newer S175's? Im sure its one of the last ones built.

 

[OldMachinist]

Could be something as simple as the chain case drain plug leaking to a tube line buried deep under everything else. Since it's under warranty I'd take it back to the dealer you bought it from and explain it the same way you did here.

 

[reaperman]

The first thing the dealer you bought the machine from should have done, was wash the machine, inside and out. Making it look as new as possible. Next, I know from experience that a hydro leak, once fixed, will still leak fluid from the belly pan for quite a while. I don't know for sure, but that machine may have a "sight glass" with a BB inside to show proper hydro level, instead of a dipstick. Making it a bit harder to know exactly where the fluid level is at all times. I'd monitor the level to see if its using by making some kind of dipstick you can dip inside the reservoir.