tranny leak!

[blacksambo]

Just went through the same problem with my '99. First, know that the cross member must come off inorder to genuinely get the pan off. So a gasket leak is possible if that was done (my mechanic claimed he did the pan removal, but on further inspection I could see that it did not come off, so he redid it right. Then I had a pan gasket leak which he fixed on the second go round.) Now, with a full-up tranny and a new pan gasket it still had a leak...on the left hand side??? I looked and the PRNDL switch on the side was wet. Now we had a gasket on the side of the tranny to address. My mechanic ordered a new gasket/seal and installed this. But I still had a leak. So, a second attempt on that seal resolved that matter but... I still had leak? The last leak was just a lose filler plug on the pan (after all that torture). Whew! Moral of the story...yes alot of things can leak and you have to address them all. Almost makes you feel that cleaning out the ole tranny just ain't worth it...but it is. It sure runs a whole lot sweeter with that AMSOIL in it.

[Francesco Rizzo]

I took my truck in to get the engine and tranny flushed... seems they did a reverse flush where they send about 14 quarts of fluid through the system backwards... it caused a couple of leaks but a gasket change seemed to fix it.. I noticed moisture/drips several times after but nothing crazy like the frist time I had to bring it in for the new gasket... I'm coming up on my 90K soon but don't want a repeat.. did you guys by any chance have service doen prior to the leaks?

[blacksambo]

Yes, I did. That's what started the whole series of leaks.

[zadam123]

nope not me. just gave it a 100,000 tune up and few weeks later bam! tranny leak.

[WILLY]

MINE STARTED LEAKING AND I SNUGGED THE PAN BOLTS AND IT STOPPED,LUCKY ME HUH.WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS HOW THE #$@* DO I CHECK AND TOP THE FLUID OFF WITHOUT TAKING IT TO THE STEALER DEALER.

[Ldub]

MINE STARTED LEAKING AND I SNUGGED THE PAN BOLTS AND IT STOPPED,LUCKY ME HUH.WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS HOW THE #$@* DO I CHECK AND TOP THE FLUID OFF WITHOUT TAKING IT TO THE STEALER DEALER.

I just bumped up the thread: "VX is shifting badly" ...the info. you seek is contained in post #10.
Just click on the thumbnail, then enlarge.

[blacksambo]

Jack it up. All four wheels. Start it up. Pull the higher of the two drain looking type plugs. Stick your pinky in. If its wet, it's full. If not, run a tube down from above with more fluid into the open hole. Simple???