tyler72

Well, I started home in my car and made it about have way (maybe 2 miles), and I heard a weird noise. I looked behind me and I saw lots of smoke. I stopped and got out and looked unIder the car. She was leaking tranny fluid badly so I went back to the shop (babied it the entire way) and put it up on the lift. Originally I thought that the front pump seal was bad, but nope, its pushing the fluid out of the vent in the tailhousing. I felt of the cooler lines and the trans wan't too hot at all. I decided to pull the trans out again, and when I pulled the driveshaft, about a gallon of fluid came out! I just put in a new TCI valvevody and a new 3000 stall converter and for the first 10 miles or so, everything worked like a charm. Does anybody have any ideas as to what could be causing this???

mjr46

the vent tube isn't restricted is it?? and or restricted cooler or lines??

tyler72

I havn't checked the cooler lines, so I may do that. The vent tube isn't restricted because that is where the fluid is coming out. It doesn't make sense though because it was working absolutely great, and was shifting perfectly and everything. It had had no problems even when I dogged it a few times. The problem happened when I was driving it easy, on the way home. I will have to try and blow out the cooler and lines today and see if they are clogged.