KitchenAid uses a vegetable based grease inside of their mixers, it is a food safe grease. Because of this if you do not use your mixer often and over time the grease inside the mixer can begin to break down, and an oil will leak from the mixer.
What you will need to do is take the mixer apart, clean out the old grease and replace it with new KitchenAid grease, it is also recommended that you replace the gearbox gasket.
We are one of KitchenAid's largest service centers in the US, everything we sell is Genuine KitchenAid replacement parts.
Here is a link to the grease on our website:
http://www.mendingshed.com/kagrease.htmlAnd a link to the gearbox gasket:
http://www.mendingshed.com/mixergasket.htmlAlso to aid you in the repair here is a link to the KitchenAid service manual for your mixer. this will show you how to take the mixer apart, replace the grease, and reassemble the mixer.
http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/mendingshed/kitchenaid6qtservicemanual.pdfThank you,
Colleen
Customer Service
MendingShed.com
800-339-9297
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