I have a B16 and it's leaking tranny fluid from the right transaxle again. I just got my tranny and clutch replace 2 months ago with new transaxles seals. I took it to a transmission shop to have it replace. This is the second time it has happen. Is it a bad seal or something else like the master cylinder? Also I notice that my clutch is starting to slip again. I don't want to wait too long to have it fix or else my clutch and tranny will go out like last time. Please let me know if you have any suggests or solutions. Thanks!

 

"Is it a bad seal or something else like the master cylinder?" Is your clutch resivior losing fluid, or is your transmission losing fluid?

 

i'm not sure which one is causing the leak.

 

Ok, wait wait. If you can, clean up all of the fluid that you can from the areas affected.

Then get a can of spray-on leak detector from the autoparts store and spray down the block around that axle seal. Test drive the car and park it. Check to see where the fluid originates from.

By the way, your clutch should have brake fluid in it, not transmission fluid. So you're seeing either a brake fluid leak or a transmission fluid leak, the question is, which one is it?

 

Where is it coming from?

 

i think it's coming from where the right axle goes into the tranny. i'll make sure to check both the brake and transmisson fluid. yeah it might be my master cylinder because i remember when i check it in the late fall and it was almost empty. hope i figure out if it's brake or transmission fluid. i'll take pictures of where it's coming from later this week. thanks for all your help.