Hey member, maybe Demon can help me or anyone?

Ok, on my to do list was my car's drop pan trans Fluid.

I follow instruction, drop the pan...clean out old gasket...apply new gasket...everything went well honestly. Until I saw dripping the next day...I have torque a bit tighter and it did help. It only drips when parked. When running its ok.

So now I am driving with a quart of ATF +4 in the trunk...

Any good suggestion how to get my money's worth? I don't want to take it to dealer cause they'll nickel and dime me...

Should I live with it? Just add a little every week...

It's not dripping a significant amount...just a small pancake size puddle when park overnight.

 

Did you get the reply email I sent you?

Where is it coming from? Front or rear? Was it leaking before? Was there a gasket on there or just sealer? I think it originally came with just sealer, because gaskets leak on those. When I do those, I will either use just sealer, making sure the surfaces are clean of oil and residue.

 

you could indian head the gasket to the pan, that stuff stops everything. or you could high-tack the gasket (since that's a spray and you install it when it gets tacky). i wouldn't do any silicone.



the important thing is tightening the bolts correctly. you should do it in at least 2 phases. i know it's not how the manual says to do it - but for almost ever kind of pan i put on - whether it's gasket-ed, machine fit, or calls for silicone - i start with the bolts in the middles and work my way outwards going back and forth working to the ends of the pan. i just think it makes the gasket flatten better

 

Normally, silicone is a bad idea on trans pans. But, on the caravans, they used just silicone type sealer from the factory.

 

i would just worry about having too much silicone in one spot - and getting into the fluid once it was all together. but if that's what they used from the factory - that's good enough.

 

Odd, did not get email respond?

 

I think I over torque one particular screw...can I re tap it then use a coarse thread?

Btw: leak coming from the rear but hard to tell cause the pan itself is tilted upward...meaning when you loosen the screw, oil drains automatically to the rear... I have a feeling it maybe the one screw I over torque and now lost grip, slowly dripping from the side to the rear....

I can re drop the pan and retry...but can I savage to oil?

 

I mean can I save the oil, using a clean bucket...but those oil eats thru plastic

since its fresh, hate buying 5 new quarts of ATF +4

 

You can re use the fluid, but the clean fluid has mixed with the dirty left in there. Best to use new fluid.

If you're going to use a gasket, clean both surfaces good, make sure the pan is flat, and use some tacky gasket stuff to glue the gasket to the pan. I like gasket cinch for this. Fix the threads and try again. The hardest part is that the fluid will keep running at the rear, thus contaminating your clean surface.

The reason I asked where it is leaking is be cause the module on the front of the trans often leaks. The fluid runs around the pan and give the impression the pan leaks.

 

x100000

Unbelievably important, the same with lugs, head bolts, valve covers, basically anything with a gasket, haha.