e30cabrio

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I have a leak that seems to be coming from the rear seal but I opened the access panel for the torque converter and it's dry inside.

This is driving me crazy where could it be coming from?

combat mediC

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ask renegade, hes having trouble w/ his as well

e30cabrio

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I would hate to r&r the transmission only to find it's not the seal.

e30cabrio

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I think I found his thread which I believe is the rear seal that is leaking.

I opened the access panel and it's dry in there.

combat mediC

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Fuzzy may know, he's ontop of that kind of stuff... i dunno m

fuzzy02CLS

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Allout

If it's dry between the engine and tranny, it may be coming from up higher on the motor. Check your valve covers and cam plug areas. I had a problem isolating the source of one leak and we ended up throwing some dye into the motor and using a black light to find the source.

nbennettksu

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Man, I had this same damn thing. Just a few spots here and there, then a bigger puddle, then just a few spots here and there. Then I changed the oil.... and it was gone

e30cabrio

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That is similar to what it did. I changed the oil, drove to Vegas (600 mi round trip) and there was a small puddle. I cleaned it up drove about 50 miles the next day small drops.

Then a few days nothing and it just stayed a bit moist on the transmission for a month.

Then some more small drips at which point I searched, saw the main seal threads, opened the access and dry as a bone.

Last week I did another oil change (I drive alot) and after a 380 round trip to lovely Yuma a slightly smaller puddle then after the Vegas trip.

I have looked at the area between the head and block and see nothing.

On a related note, I have no transmission issues, but although it seems fine should I treat the torque converter like I would a clutch & replace it for peace of mind if I end up pulling it?

Zippee

What you need to do is crawl under the car with a good flashlight and start looking.

e30cabrio

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I have done that at least 10 times with this:
http://fenixgear.com/store/viewItem..../img/L1DQ5.jpg

Getting sick of jacking it up.

All I see is what appears to be oil coming from the top of between the engine &
transmission, open the access to the TQ & dry as a bone.

It was on a lift yesterday having the axel boots replaced and I looked for almost an hour.

e30cabrio

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The rear main seal is done and the leak is gone.