Tranny leak getting worse... :(

[Kilgore Trout]

Seems like the colder is gets the worse my automatic transmission leaks fluid where the driveshaft goes in

How hard is it to fix this???

 

[ponysarepretty]

How do you know its leaking... is it pooling on your driveway?

 

[bdcardinal]

1. go to parts dept and get new rear seal for trans
2. go to Sears and buy a seal puller
3. jack up car, remove driveshaft
4. remove seal
5. install new seal with hammer
6. reverse disassembly

 

[Kilgore Trout]

How do you know its leaking... is it pooling on your driveway?

When it is hot in the summer I get nothing. As it cooled off I started to get 1-2 drips per day like last winter. Now it seems to be 3-4 drips per day on the garage floor.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

1. go to parts dept and get new rear seal for trans
2. go to Sears and buy a seal puller
3. jack up car, remove driveshaft
4. remove seal
5. install new seal with hammer
6. reverse disassembly

Thanks, next time I go to IL to visit my buddy who is a mechanic and has his own shop, this will be on "the list"...

 

[DerekStangGT]

1. go to parts dept and get new rear seal for trans
2. go to Sears and buy a seal puller
3. jack up car, remove driveshaft
4. remove seal
5. install new seal with hammer
6. reverse disassembly

this man is correct. its the rear main seal. you dont actually need a seal puller though, i never use one. just make sure when you put the D/S back in, you put it in right. that thing is balanced ya know, or should be. and the reason its only in the cold is b/c cold contracts things. so the rear main seal gets smaller in the cold, thus it leaks fluid

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Thanks everybody!

 

[helty]

thats what happens when you drive over 100 on public roads

 

[DerekStangGT]

thats what happens when you drive over 100 on public roads

Kilgore you damn street racer

 

[bdcardinal]

i use hte seal puller cause i have one, and it comes in handy sometimes. forgot to mention to get a bottle of whiteout or a paint pen and put a line on the D/S flange with teh diff flange. when you reinstall it line the 2 up.