Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for mechanics and DIY enthusiast owners of cars, trucks, and motorcycles. It only takes a minute to sign up.
Sign up to join this community
When I add transmission fluid, it leaks out below. It looks like it is collecting around the pan, but also forward.
I am asking to see if someone thinks changing the pan won't cover the leak.
Update 5/25/15
Cleaned up around the pan and forward. The cork seal around the pan is bone dry. But it looks like the leak is coming from this rubber gasket. That's bad, right?
Considering that I think it could be the front main seal in the transmission, doing the pan gasket is not only an easier job to do, but you can also change the filter while you are there. If the pan gasket fixes it, you're golden. If it doesn't, changing out the pan gasket and filter is not expensive and could probably use the change anyway. If you don't want to go this route, I'd suggest you clean everything off and actually see where it's leaking from. That way you'll know for sure. Just looking at it, though, my bet is on the front seal.
The existing oil residue will make it difficult to tell the source of the leak. I suggest you clean the entire area (copious amounts of brake cleaner usually does a decent job) and then run the vehicle a little to see if you can trace the source of the leak.
