trans fluid leaking help!!
01-10-2006, 11:30 AM
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trans fluid leaking help!!
Yesterday i had jiffy lube change and flush all my fluids. i brought in 3 quarts of honda trans fluid. all was well till this morning i noticed a large puddle of trans fluid from under the car and of course went back to jiffy lube. they checked it out and showed me where the drain and fill plug was and it definetly not comimg from any of the places they messed with, where it seen to be coming from was the driver axle where the axle connects to the trans. seems like an axle seal right? and why da hell did it start leaking after my service when it never leaked b4! what else could it be i'm at 94k and it is the originally trans. any advise would help. thanks
01-12-2006, 07:42 AM
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it's possible that you had something lodged in that seal area and after doing a flush that thing came out with the oil and now it's leaking oil. Reading other threads about transmission flushes I noticed that many people are avoiding a flush but rather a slow gradual remove the old stuff add new stuff and repeat 3 times until the old stuff coming out is clean.
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im pretty sure jiffy lube doesent use the recommended honda ztf tranny fluid.. they say they have an additive, but i dont buy an additive makin it the same. could be that they used regular dextron III tranny fluid.. ask them.. if they give you the spill about the additive ask them to show you a bottle of it and make sure it says something about being for honda trannys.
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NEVER EVER take your car to Jiffy Lube. Those grease monkeys have no clue how to work on a car. They stripped the oil pan on my Integra and blamed it on me. 
01-18-2006, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by NSXNEXT
NEVER EVER take your car to Jiffy Lube. Those grease monkeys have no clue how to work on a car. They stripped the oil pan on my Integra and blamed it on me.
Maybe they saw your nice car and wanted to screw it up on you. I know lot's of people that work at shops and if they see a really nicely done up car they purposely want to screw it up because they are jealous!
01-18-2006, 10:32 AM
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actually i brought my own fluids because i want what is right in the car. and since then i have taken it in and sure enough it was a blown out axle seal and replace it and it stop leaking. But i notice some drizzle somewhere. can some one PLEASE tell me what is the correct way to check the trans fluid. is it cold or warm in park ??? or warm in neutral. acura service says cold in park i hear different things.
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