Hey guys I have a problem with leaking transmission fluid I changed out axle seal twice it’s leaking in passenger side all along axle it splatters all over the right side on control arm on the wheel and all under transmission anyone know why it’s still leaking or what’s else could be problem? Thank you

 

Check the axle, could have a chip/crack in it thats eating up your seal. It should be super smooth around where the seal touches.

Also make sure that the axle doesn't have any play in it.

 

It looked good for the most part but it’s leaking a lot of fluid I drove about 2 miles to test it and parked it and by the time I got off and checked it had a Spot on ground like size of a quarter and drops on most of the parts under there

 

When you change the axle seal twice, how bad was the seal? did it look mess up or it still looked good?

And are you sure you didn't put way too much oil in there? Sound like that might be your issue.

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First one I took off looked fine but idk how long it’s been in there and I put a new one yesterday but I didn’t put it flushed so I thought that was it then I bought another seal today and installed flushed and then I filled tranny because it was really low I didn’t overfill it.

 

Why don't you put the car on some jack stands, put the car in drive so the wheels are slowly spinning in the air and see if you can see what is going on? Be careful of course, put jacks and jack stands under there.

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I Was going to try that it’s a 5spd so I need someone to go inside

 

No you don't. Just go inside, put in first and the idle will spin the wheels slowly, get out and check

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Okay I will try that tomorrow but if it’s leaking from same spot what else could it’s be

 

Few things, as simple as missing filling bolt to as bas as cracked transmission casing...

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I just tried running it jacked up and it’s not leaking like that I even got on it alittle to make them spin fast

 

So I couldn’t get it to leak while on jackstands im going to pull axle out again make sure surface is nice and smooth and should I put some silicone around the outside of the seal and let it dry so axle presses on it and makes better seal?

 

No I would NOT put anything there, those seals are made to hold oil without anything and hold it for tens of thousands of miles... Bud make sure you are not over filling your trans with oil. On 99% of car oil isn't suppose to be as high as the axle hole/seal, fill level inside is inch or 2 below so it can not leak. On most manual transmissions there is a fill bolt and drain bolt. WITH THE CAR LEVEL you add oil through the fill bolt/hole until it starts coming out of the fill hole/bolt. Some people make the mistake of jacking up front of the car real high up and adding oil though the fill bolt and they end up adding a LOT more oil to the trans than needed.... Not saying you are doing that just making sure.

Is there a chance that its leaking out of your drain bolt? Wipe everything down with a rag really really good. Go for a like 15 second drive, jack up the car really fast and make sure it is the seal...

 

No it’s not over filled I fill it to normal level and yesterday I checked it after driving I put my whole finger in hole and couldn’t get any oil so it’s leaking good amount and that’s the only part I could think of no cracks on tranny all bolts are tight but oil goes all under the right side of car when it starts to leak cause I’m driving but for some reason it didn’t start leaking on jack stands maybe it’s too low?

 

Oh I meant RTV like on the outside not inside the hole where seal goes but on outside of tranny around the seal not on it where axle hits the seal and tranny?

 

THats how axle looks