Help me figure out my tranny leak.

[LeJeune123]

I just got my passenger drivshaft seal replaced because it had started to leak 2 days ago. I had not driven my car since I got home after it had been replaced but everything seemed fine, then I get in it and drive down the road and I see a little smoke from my hood, well I was only one turn from my house so I just went home. I left the car running and popped my hood and I saw some smoke coming from the back of the engine so I turned it off and noticed that it did not smell like motor oil so I looked down under my car and already had a puddle of tranny oil. I looked like it was coming from the seal that had just been replaced. Well called the shop and they said bring it in and he would replace it under warranty. So I jack up the side of my car and go to add fluid but when I pull out the filler plug, oil starts draining out so I just put it back in. Now I don't know how much tranny fluid I used when it started to smoke but with the car jacked up in a way to get the oil away from the filler plug and the tranny in gear why would it still leak. Also if there is still oil in the tranny do you think it would be safe to drive the car to the shop to fix the seal?


I am sorry for the bedtime story but I don't get why the oil is coming out of the filler plug if I leaked oil on my driveway and it is jacked up.

 

[LeJeune123]

OK I just started the car and let it warm up and it started leaking a little but since I had the car off the jack I could not exactly tell where the leak was coming from. Would it leak through the driveshaft seal if no gear was selected and the clutch was realeased. If not I don't know where it could be coming from.

 

[1fast97gsx]

yes you can drive it unless it is leaving huge puddles of fluid ... I know my trans holds 2.3 quarts and that's plenty. You have to have a pretty serious hole or something to leak out over 1/4 quart just from driving point a to point b.