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Re: Auto Trans leaking



At 11:57 99-04-12 -0500, Parry, John C wrote:

>Does anybody have experience with a leaking transmission pan gasket? I
>replaced it once but it still seems to be leaking. Drops are flying back and
>landing on the cat causing a hell of a smell. I think I might have
>overtorqued the pan and warped it....???

It's possible that it's not the pan gasket that's leaking. If you have a
leak from between the transmission and the final drive (pretty much common
failure), the fluid will fly back when you drive the car and land on the pan.

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars break at the same time :-)