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Tranny Leak

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#1 ·
Hey fellas,

Tranny problems, think it needs new soliniods, hard shifting and such, but been pretty good for the last 3 months doing nothing but adding tranny fluid because of a leak.

Anyways, I have noticed that it leaks alot when i go in reverse. Like it will leave a trail of fluid.

Today, I was parked on a hill at my kids school, waiting for him, ON ICE, because of a storm of snow last night. ( PA )

WHn i parked, I put car in reverse to park better, but got stuck, ( Impala + snow + hill + reverse, not really possible, lol.

I didnt get on it really hard, maybe like 2 seconds in reverse, but medium-high RPMs. There was a car like 10 inches infront of me, so i was bumper to bumper, sliding down the hill almost into the other car. SO I told her to move up, luckily she was waiting for a kid. So I just said, heck with it, went around the block and came back around to find another spot.

My kid pointed out I was leaking fluid, and it seemed like 2 quarts or so, enough to run past the car about 2 ft.

I recently had the leak looked at by my new car dude, because I need inspection, ( Strut mounts, both back are shot i guess ) a $600 job. ( $300 just labor)..

Now, this problem.. I put more fluid in it after cleaning the leaked fluid, and it didnt seem to drip out, but after about 5 miles, it started to make a noise and jerk again.

The noise is hard to explain, sounds like, a coffee grounder?, and can be heard if I drove past you on the street. Thats when I know its low of fluid, so I will add fluid, it goes away, but the hard shifting is pretty much allways there now.

Looks like a rebuild needed? a line broke? It was aLOT of fluid.

:dunno::gaah:
 
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#2 ·
Oh, forgot to add.

about 15 miles before this happened with the major leak, I was sitting in a parking lot texting, with the car in park, idling. The car felt like it was tryin to move forward. Like you could feel a reallyy tiny jerk. Never did that before. I actually put my foot on the brake incase it jumped into gear.
 
#3 ·
Did you ever figure out where the leak was coming from?

I'd really try to fix that leak, transmissions don't like being run when low on fluid. You could damage the valve body, burn clutches, over heat the torque converter....... then your really going to be in need of a rebuild.

My best friends mom would always just top fluids in here old's Delta 98 and by the time we changed the transmission fluid that became burnt from running low the damage was already done and the transmission slipped badly from the clutches being gone, just last month it ran low on oil again and threw a rod(bearing slipped) on the highway and put a hole in the block......
 
#4 ·
Hey FatRabbit,

Man, I got it fixed. Guess it was just some sort of plastic clamp that that was cracked??

Just drove it 400 miles on a road trip, and she ran perfect, but once in awhile it will still shift hard, or slow. But other then that, i really cant remember the last time it ran so good.

Oh, and i also replaced the back struts.

So, new struts, new strut mounts, new brakes and new racing rotors all the way around, new rack and pinion, new joints, new wheel bearings, new carpet, new tires,

almost a new car. Except, wife got run over pretty much by an SUV, big dent on Drivers side, dude kept going, unreal. Then today, on the other side of the car, the other fender looks like it got backed into or stomped hard with a foot, but no kind of shoe marks. I have no idea what happens.. WHy i take 2 parking spots at EVERY STORE,

See what happens from here.. Thanks for the input Bud,
 
#6 ·
^^Agreed!! You'll get more damage from pissing people off by taking two spots than you would from actual accidental damage if you only took one spot like everyone else! Especially at this time of the year when parking spots are already in-demand - it's extremely rude to take two spots. If you are *that* worried about your car, then leave it at home!

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#7 ·
I park farther away then everyone else, and my car has been hit, hummmm, maybe 12 times, probably more.

People dont give a crap, and parking spots should be as wide as a full size car with both doors open. Especially when the majority of my city are heavyset,and are door swingers
 
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