Automotive Help
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Hot Rod Dave
"Saucy saucy minx"
Holy crap....time for a new ride holmes. Hopefully this isnt all the same trouble you had from the beggining
anyway to answer your question:
A transmission pan is a very simple thing. Prolly looks like this
as you can see, its nothing more than a shallow pan with a gasket. Technically your are NOT supposed to put ANY kind of silicone or sealants on the gasket. Cause it could come lose and get into the filters and clog them. BUT, you can however put some what we mechanics call "Gorilla Snot" better known as Weather stripping adhesive.
If you look closley at the bottom of that pic....you see the ridge that rides along the pan where the gasket would ride. That in comonation with the bolt holes being tightened and loosened, could have slightly bent those things causeing the gasket not to seal properly. It is easily fixed with a flat surface and a hammer.
If thats not it, then there are a few more seals that could be leaking. You have a front pump seal and a rear extension housing seal. But they would have different characteristics as far as WHERE you see the leaks are coming from.
Im really frustrated for you. If I were you Id be fuckin pissed and calling that Bureau I told you about. You paid for a service, YOU DID NOT GET THAT SERVICE!!! Sounds like the shop is taking advantage of your ignorance and its pissing me off. I have a hankering to call the fuckin place myself and handle it for you. But your a big boy. Im sure you can handle this.
When yall come to the pasadena tourney, Im brining some tools and shit, and Im taking a look at that fucking thing myself. Ill tell what the fuck is wrong and what needs to be fixed. You were also complaining about the speed sensor and the rear main. Have any of those been fixed?? If not you need to do something dude cause you is getting ripped off!!
If you want you can fax me the invoices from the place and I can take a look at them and really see whats going on. I wanna help any way I can, lemme know what you need me to do!!
HRD
NDK
[12] Conqueror
I'll stop being lazy and give you the whole timeline of whats happened.
A few months ago my tranny started shaking in reverse. At this point I had no leaks. I figured I would get a tranny service to see how much it would help and go from there. So I got it done (different shop). That very same day it was serviced I noticed a hint of a burning smell, I figured it was some excess fluid and would burn off. A week later it was still there so i took the car back and they tell me its the oil sending unit, rear crank seal and speed sensor leaking. It seemed kinda fishy to me but they gave me some mechanic jibberish that flew over my head, they did good work for me before so i gave them the benefit of the doubt and had them replace the speed sensor and OilSU.
It was a few weeks later I started to notice fluid on the ground that I assumed to be oil (thats when i was thinking rear crank but i guess the oil was never hitting ground after all).
I got a second opinion on the rear crank seal and it was confirmed. Thats when i found this current shop to fix it for 350. While its in the shop they called me and told me a couple things 1) they found motor oil in my transmission pan 2) my speed sensor and trans gasket were leaking.
Now as im typing it just hit me that it looks like its the first shop that fucked me lol. Im gonna call those bastards tomorrow.
A few months ago my tranny started shaking in reverse. At this point I had no leaks. I figured I would get a tranny service to see how much it would help and go from there. So I got it done (different shop). That very same day it was serviced I noticed a hint of a burning smell, I figured it was some excess fluid and would burn off. A week later it was still there so i took the car back and they tell me its the oil sending unit, rear crank seal and speed sensor leaking. It seemed kinda fishy to me but they gave me some mechanic jibberish that flew over my head, they did good work for me before so i gave them the benefit of the doubt and had them replace the speed sensor and OilSU.
It was a few weeks later I started to notice fluid on the ground that I assumed to be oil (thats when i was thinking rear crank but i guess the oil was never hitting ground after all).
I got a second opinion on the rear crank seal and it was confirmed. Thats when i found this current shop to fix it for 350. While its in the shop they called me and told me a couple things 1) they found motor oil in my transmission pan 2) my speed sensor and trans gasket were leaking.
Now as im typing it just hit me that it looks like its the first shop that fucked me lol. Im gonna call those bastards tomorrow.
Hot Rod Dave
"Saucy saucy minx"
that is the biggest crock of shit IVE EVER HEARD. In NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM is the engine oil come in even close contact with the transmission. that absolutly CANNOT happen.......unless......Someone did it on purpose/accident.
If the first shop indeed did put oil in your tranny instead of tranny fluid, then I can see all this happening. Tranny fluid and engine oil serve 2 totally different purposes. Im suprised thats all the problems you have.
You need to contact the originial shop ASAP, and at least let them know that you are having these issues. You need to keep all paperwork and tell the current shop that you want ALL thier findings thourghly documented!! Including engine oil in the transmission and speed sensor and gaskets and ALL that shit. Hopefully the place where you got the tranny originally serviced is not some dumb ass "jiffy lube" type place.
You need to more or less judge them on thier attitude towards your problem. If they seem helpful, then by all means, give them a chance to fix thier mistake. But if they dont seem very helpful, then theres different steps for that.
So Im curious for a more clarifying explanation of the oil in the tranny. Did they say like it was FULL of oil INSTEAD of tranny fluid, or was there just a little oil mixed in with the tranny fluid. Cause if its the later of the 2.....thats absolute bullshit!!!
HRD