DanA100
08-30-2001, 08:34 PM
I posted some time ago about a leak from my AT. The leak is still there but it's not constant or very serious. The tranny is NOT overfilled with ATF anymore but it's still leaking a little from "somewhere". (it's been overfilled since the rebuilt but never leaked until this summer, when i found out i asked the shop to drain it)
The weird thing is that i found the source of the leak today and guess where it is... the fluid is comming out from one of the openings on the top of the tranny - a little black mashroom looking thing.(under the PS rack) It is a vent/air hole for the AT. There are actually two of these vents there. The inner one is leaking some fluid when the car is moving at some speed.
Does anyone have any idea why is this happening??? How it may be possible the ATF to come out of this vent?
The fluid level today was still a little above the "max." mark (just a little) but i drained a little more and now the level is really between "max." and "min." when the car is hot.
Any suggestions/ideas? I'm lost. The AT functions very well and it was rebuilt only 20k miles ago. Car is Audi 100, non turbo 5 cyl.
Thanks for any help.
The weird thing is that i found the source of the leak today and guess where it is... the fluid is comming out from one of the openings on the top of the tranny - a little black mashroom looking thing.(under the PS rack) It is a vent/air hole for the AT. There are actually two of these vents there. The inner one is leaking some fluid when the car is moving at some speed.
Does anyone have any idea why is this happening??? How it may be possible the ATF to come out of this vent?
The fluid level today was still a little above the "max." mark (just a little) but i drained a little more and now the level is really between "max." and "min." when the car is hot.
Any suggestions/ideas? I'm lost. The AT functions very well and it was rebuilt only 20k miles ago. Car is Audi 100, non turbo 5 cyl.
Thanks for any help.