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You can try running the mixer at high speed for a few minutes to try to blend the grease in the gearcase. If this does not work, then cleaning out the old grease and repacking with new is the solution.
Assuming you have a 4.5 quart tilt head, a 5 quart lift bowl (not the professional series), or an Artisan, the Service Manual you need is at:
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There is a leaking gasket. The OIL is from the Grease applied to the gears. It may have somewhat turned a portion of lube to a liquid state due to heat within the motor housing during use. The OIL as you put it, could also leak out from the port where you insert the beaters. If so there is also a set of seals to prevent that from happening, and if they are worn or damaged, leaking can occur. This unit needs a professional serviceman to fix the problem.
To remove the planetary you knock the silver pin out with a punch. There is no 'oil' as such in the machine. Sure it is oil but it is breaking down out of the grease. It is harmless and food grade so nothing to worry about. The grease should not have got to the point it needs replacing until it is about 5 years old. I would remove the planetary and wipe the shaft clean and any excess inside the planetary remembering that you do need to leave some lubrication on the gear teeth in there.
Oil leaks are common. As oil is stretched it separates. If it is leaking over your nice silver "beauty ring" then the ring is not catching the oil. If it is leaking below the silver "beauty ring" then the gears in the planatary area has worn down too much and is separating.
In either case, you can wipe it up with use or do what a lot of DIY people do, take her apart and remove and regrease the unit. Search online for regrease kitchenaid mixer, I would post a link but I dont want the link to be broken down the road. There are tons of tutorials for it online. You remove the grease and replace it with new. I used automotive grease from autozone, but there is a specified grease for the mixer on kitchen aid's site. Depends how picky you are.
Kitchenaid does not grease under the planatary from factory anymore, they just dont see a need. (this is an area below the silver beauty ring I mentioned. It was metal on metal when I took apart my new mixer for check up. This may be why you have grease leakage too, it was an old standard to grease there, but there is not significant friction to warrant the heavy grease there anymore.
I would suggest that you replace the oil, but first find out the reason for the leak. There must be a cover on a gearbox that can be removed to put oil in as I doubt that there will be and actual filler point on the machine.
Hi AQUACLAY.For starters, for your next move remember to tell your packers to pack the mixer upright...J OK, to answer your main question, your KA mixer’s internal gears are factory packed with enough grease to last a 'lifetime', whatever that means?Depending on the age of your mixer, where it’s been stored and how long it's been idle and/or how heavily it’s been used; these factors all will eventually cause the grease’s base oil to separate from its additives, with the resultant oil seeping from openings beyond the gasket and generally following the path of least resistance down to the lowest point, i.e., the agitator shaft.Gravity can be very insidious. Of course, laying our mixer on its side offers a whole bunch of other exits points for the oil. With that much oil lost, you definitely want to replace the transmission gear grease at some point in the future. The good news is that this can accomplished quite easily (OK, maybe with a little effort) by yourself if you are a DITY type person, and feel adventurous and your mixer is not under warranty.Before you start to disassemble your mixer, be sure you have the Parts List manual on hand.If you're lacking one, you can download a PDF version from the KA website at: http://www.kitchenaid.com/flash.cmd?/#/page/home. Click on Customer Care>Locate Manuals & Guides> Enter the 6 character model number, in your case use KSM50P (Your KSM5 mixer falls within this manual), and select the first file KSM50P.pdf (438.31 KB) listed under Parts List (4) and then check to verify this matches your mixer model. Turn to pages 4 & 5, titled “Case, Gearing and Planetary Unit”, which provides and exploded view for the disassembly and reassembly of your mixer, along with all the parts.Besides replacement grease you might consider replacing the Transmission Case Gasket (Illus. No. 26) and “O”-ring (Illus. No. 53), too. I’d also check to make sure there is no oil residue lingering where the oil leaked when it was lying on its side during the move; particularly if it leaked out of a brush hole on the side of the mixer head.Oil and electricity don’t mix, so here’s the opportunity with your mixer apart to wipe down the path the oil took to ‘escape’. Here are five potential vendors in no particular order: RepairClinic.com; mendingshed.com; searspartsdirect.com; partstore.com; and Grainger.com (for grease). You should search for ‘food grade grease’ online (although I’ve seen automotive bearing grease used too – your call). Prices can vary widely between vendors, so do some comparison shopping. Once apart you can check for any other unseemly wear and tear on the gears, etc. It can be messy but quite gratifying to diagnose and repair your mixer yourself. Finally, here are some links to several excellent websites that detail the disassembling/reassembly of a KA Mixer. The mixers displayed in the links are different KA models, but the principles are the same.
Between these three websites and their excellent pictures and descriptions and your Parts List manual, you should now be able to completely disassemble and reassemble your mixer. Good luck, I hope this helps. Howard, Burke, VA If this solution has been helpful, please rate it, thanks! - hslincoln
thats the planetary seal thats leaking.the seal is cheap its the labor that may be costly.is it just a nuisance leak or a lot?you dont want any oil to get in your mix.
Oil seal gone - is there a catering equipment facility near you?
If not do you know any one who can take it down= if you can get the parts[Google the maker for parts]
Perhaps you have an Auto engineer nearby
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