transmission vent?

[Kneale Brownson]

I only know the oil was running out.  My car is near 200K.  I'd just driven
MI to UT averaging 80+ mph including pit stops.  First trip up Big
Cottonwood Canyon I had a smokescreen when I parked from the oil hitting
the exhaust.

At 07:01 PM 02/25/2003 -0800, Bernie Benz wrote:
>That is a GOOD reason to change a seal, but an unusual failure mode less
>than 300K+.  Of course, he gave the failed seal to you to inspect and
>confirm?
>
>Bernie
>
> > From: Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com>
> > Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:04:09 -0500
> > To: Bernie Benz <b.benz at charter.net>, DAK <dak at rochester.rr.com>
> > Cc: 200q20V mailing list <200q20v at audifans.com>
> > Subject: Re: transmission vent?
> >
> > At 03:47 PM 02/25/2003 -0800, Bernie Benz wrote:
> >> Dave,
> >> Why are you replacing tranny shaft seals, unless you are tearing it down
> >> totally anyway?  Just add a1/2 can of engine stop leak to the tranny
> and the
> >> other half to the rear end and drive it for 1K miles.  DFI if IAB!
> >>
> >> Bernie
> >
> > The guy who replaced my tranny shaft seal when ALL the tranny fluid ran out
> > of the car while I was in Utah last month said the flexible seal part of
> > the seal had totally separated from the metal part of the seal.  He said
> > he'd never seen that kind of failure and had no explanation for it.
> >
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