Post by redraif on Jan 27, 2015 9:00:03 GMT -5
I swear I'm over this leak. We have been chasing it since we decided to get this rig back running. 2001 xls 4wd montero sport 3.0l.
History on the tranny. When we bought the sport it had a bad transmission. We bought a new used one from LKQ. It was a low mile transmission. 60,000 if I remember right. So it developed a slight leak at the transfer case to transmission we were told right after it was installed. Long story short. They refused to warrenty the seal and promptly were out of business. It was a little drip and honestly with all the chaos of the other issues it got forgotten. It had a massive oil leak. We kept fixing things and the tranny leak became a non issue. The level stayed perfect and all was well.
Fast forward to now. It sat for over a year. We took it in to the shop to ask him to check out the leaks. He sorted out the oil leaks and said it was the trans pan. We it was so minimal he kept forgetting it due to its other issue. Well finally last week he focused on it. He swore it was the tranny pan. So I agreed to due a service. With the rig taking the mud bath before it was parked and having a trans light for a moment, I figured it was a good ldea. Well I told him everything needed to come from mitsubishi. So that's what they did. He pulled the pan and replaced the filter. Said the fluid was not bad at all.
So here is where things went sideways. He went to refill the trans once it was buttoned up. He said it called for about 5 to refill after a service. Well it took about 4 then refused anymore unless you filled it really slow. He said it sat in the funnel. He was baffled it took less then it called for, but went for it. He sectioned out the access from the tube and got it to the proper level. He drove it and things seemed ok shifting wise. He checked a filled slowly a few times and got it dialed back in on the dip stick. Drove it again and it stayed where it was supposed to.
So we took it home. The 5 minute drive was uneventful. I jumped on it a few times and it seemed normal. Drove it thru a few slow accelerations too. Again all was well. So I parked it for the weekend. Yesterday I took it to the bus station. One the way home it must have started dripping tranny fluid again. It left a trail down the driveway. I slipped it's drip pan under and had a 2 foot puddle by morning. Wtf?
I'm lost. The whole side of the motor on the drivers side it wet. Not sure if it's from when he overflowed the tube or from what is going on now. He said he cleaned off all the spill. But I'm not sure how thorough he was. It was still wet when I picked it up from him. I wish I would have gotten under it with brake cleaner this weekend. Grrr....
Any thoughts you guys? Even had one puke back up its tube. What could that be? Again it seems to drive and shift normal.
Any tests I can do tonight? I think I'll clean it up with brake cleaner to dry up the splatter and see if a trail shows itself.
History on the tranny. When we bought the sport it had a bad transmission. We bought a new used one from LKQ. It was a low mile transmission. 60,000 if I remember right. So it developed a slight leak at the transfer case to transmission we were told right after it was installed. Long story short. They refused to warrenty the seal and promptly were out of business. It was a little drip and honestly with all the chaos of the other issues it got forgotten. It had a massive oil leak. We kept fixing things and the tranny leak became a non issue. The level stayed perfect and all was well.
Fast forward to now. It sat for over a year. We took it in to the shop to ask him to check out the leaks. He sorted out the oil leaks and said it was the trans pan. We it was so minimal he kept forgetting it due to its other issue. Well finally last week he focused on it. He swore it was the tranny pan. So I agreed to due a service. With the rig taking the mud bath before it was parked and having a trans light for a moment, I figured it was a good ldea. Well I told him everything needed to come from mitsubishi. So that's what they did. He pulled the pan and replaced the filter. Said the fluid was not bad at all.
So here is where things went sideways. He went to refill the trans once it was buttoned up. He said it called for about 5 to refill after a service. Well it took about 4 then refused anymore unless you filled it really slow. He said it sat in the funnel. He was baffled it took less then it called for, but went for it. He sectioned out the access from the tube and got it to the proper level. He drove it and things seemed ok shifting wise. He checked a filled slowly a few times and got it dialed back in on the dip stick. Drove it again and it stayed where it was supposed to.
So we took it home. The 5 minute drive was uneventful. I jumped on it a few times and it seemed normal. Drove it thru a few slow accelerations too. Again all was well. So I parked it for the weekend. Yesterday I took it to the bus station. One the way home it must have started dripping tranny fluid again. It left a trail down the driveway. I slipped it's drip pan under and had a 2 foot puddle by morning. Wtf?
I'm lost. The whole side of the motor on the drivers side it wet. Not sure if it's from when he overflowed the tube or from what is going on now. He said he cleaned off all the spill. But I'm not sure how thorough he was. It was still wet when I picked it up from him. I wish I would have gotten under it with brake cleaner this weekend. Grrr....
Any thoughts you guys? Even had one puke back up its tube. What could that be? Again it seems to drive and shift normal.
Any tests I can do tonight? I think I'll clean it up with brake cleaner to dry up the splatter and see if a trail shows itself.