Well, since all of the modifications have been covered in this forum, its time to start talking about older car issues My 97 is going on 9 yrs old and is daily driven but only has 89,000 miles. This weekend, when changing the oil, I noticed just a bit of transmission fluid on the bottom of the transmision bell housing on the flat spot right next to the block. Anyway, the fluid level felt fine, its definitely not leaking much as there is never a spot under the car where I park. The fluid is definitely just slowly seaping out. WHat could this be?? I'm going to check it out more in depth later, but I would suspect rear main seal maybe?? Any tips would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Larkin

 

The rear main seal will leak oil, not tranny fluid.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kendall &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The rear main seal will leak oil, not tranny fluid.</TD></TR></TABLE>

hmmm.........At least I thought it was transmission fluid. It surely smelled like it. Almost looks like my transmission is sweating a bit.

This picture shows the area that is leaking (of course the car in the picture is not leaking, just imagine that area to be damp). Its the best I can do here at work. I may snap some actual pictures this week.




Modified by Larkin W. at 9:14 AM 11/17/2005

 

might have to reseal the tranny case

 

It may just be time for a good old fashioned rebuild.

 

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If thats the case, she'll have to wait for spring so that I can afford to put in a new Final drive while I'm at it I was hoping to not have to do that for a long time though dammit! Still shifts like Butta......damn leaks

Once it warms up around here I'll inspect it a bit more. Right now there's snow on the ground and 20 Degrees out. I would have checked it out more when I changed the oil but I had only a certain amount of time and I had to do Pads and rotors on all 4 corners as well as flush my brake fluid. I swear everytime I do general maintenance on the R she asks for more.


Modified by Larkin W. at 9:38 AM 11/17/2005

 

Prolly just needs some new gaskets.
They have no doubt hardened over time
Luckily these are easy fixes.
Just lame ones.
Breakage=upgrades

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ITR 00-0477 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Prolly just needs some new gaskets.
They have no doubt hardened over time
Luckily these are easy fixes.
Just lame ones.
Breakage=upgrades</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well, maybe upgrade $$ for this year is going to that fix rather than the suspension where I wanted it to go

 

It could also be the axle seals - fluid will drip down there as well.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .RJ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It could also be the axle seals - fluid will drip down there as well.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats one thing I wanted to inspect for sure after doing a bit of research this morning. Thanks RJ

 

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Thats one thing I wanted to inspect for sure after doing a bit of research this morning. Thanks RJ </TD></TR></TABLE>

The seals are cheap, but buy 2 of each (they are different on driver/pass side axles) if you replace them.... guaranteed to trash one on each side installing them. Just a pain in the ***, even with the "correct" seal driver.

 

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Agree.. easy and cheap to fix.

 

check the boots too.. if those break or crack a bit they will leask as well... those are further away from your problem area and are likely not causing the issues.. but Ive seen some wierd stuff belive me.

 

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The seals are cheap, but buy 2 of each (they are different on driver/pass side axles) if you replace them.... guaranteed to trash one on each side installing them. Just a pain in the ***, even with the "correct" seal driver.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I think they are a PITA to install. Easy concept, but I can never get them in perfect without ******* atleast two up. I have a drawer filled with those damn things.

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one.....