lucas transmission stop leak?

[93AWDDSM]

on my 93 awd transmission, the output shaft seal for the transfer case leaks slighlty like a few drops over night, i found Lucas transmission fix and was wondering if that would help the leak a little, it is my daily driver and i really do not have the time or money to fix it at the moment.

so i guess my question is, would it be harmful to our 1g trannys if i ran the lucas tranny fix in it?

 

[99gst_racer]

Link to Lucas' stuff?


Also, are you sure the problem is the seal on the t-case, and not the plug in the yoke?

 

[93AWDDSM]

Lucas Transmission Fix : Lucas Oil - Lucas Transmission Fix

yes, def. in the output shaft seal, happenend when i was changing the subframe and when i removed/ reinstalled the transfer case, it was also about 18 degrees outside when i was doing this

 

[99gst_racer]

Sounds like the same claims of motor honey. Basically just thickens up the fluid that's already in there, to hopefully help slow down leaks. It sounds ok in theory, but rarely makes any real world difference. It's snake oil to me.

I'd recommend spending your money on a new seal.

 

[93AWDDSM]

yeah, the seal is not much, but my time is very limited because of working 60hours a week so its very hard for me to work on my car. I also do not have money to take it in nor would i take it in , i do the work myself.

 

[99gst_racer]

Dropping the t-case and installing that seal can't possibly take any longer than 45 minutes.

In my years of working on cars, all of the "miracle in a bottle" products have done very little if anything at all.

 

[93AWDDSM]

i checked the seal out, the flywheel is in the way of replacing it or i would have, basically i have to drop the tranny to actually fix it, and that would be dandy an all if i had a different daily driver. :/

 

[99gst_racer]

Ahh, for some reason, I was thinking the seal in question was the output seal on the t-case itself.

 

[ed1380]

Iirc the Lucas tranny blend is for automatics. For manuals use just plain Lucas oil additive. For light duty use up to 25% of total fluid capacity. And 50% for heavy duty use.

I wouldn't call it snake oil. Its job is to thicken the oil and it does that quite well. if you're expecting it to work magic, then you're in for a surprise. it's $10 and it cant hurt. It's worth a try