Transmission leak, Did I mess up with the gaskets? |
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Transmission leak, Did I mess up with the gaskets? |
ambergris |
Nov 21 2004, 11:32 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 2-June 04 From: Mountain View, CA Member No.: 2,145 Region Association: Northern California |
Hey everyone,
I recently rebuilt my transmission. My first attempt at such a job, and I used RedBeard's very helpful article. So now it shifts great, but it leaks. As I drive, tranny oil is getting all over my exhaust and leaving a smelly smoke trail behind. It looked like the oil was pooling mostly at the end cover, and on the right side, so I thought it was the speedo drive and replaced the O-ring. Still leaking. Now I'm wondering if I screwed up those paper gaskets. When I took the thing apart, there was 1 paper gasket between the end cover and intermediate plate, and 3 paper gaskets between the plate and housing. I thought all of them had the color of oil soaked brown paper. I had purchased a Pelican transmission gasket set, and it came with 1 cover/plate and 3 plate/housing gaskets, and they were all brown. So I thought perfect! I'll just use them all. At this point, I'm not sure what my next steps should be. Anybody want to throw some suggestions out? |
ClayPerrine |
Nov 22 2004, 08:15 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,579 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
Go to a Porsche dealer. Get the sealer that they use for the Boxster engine cases. Make sure the sealing surfaces are clean and dry. Then put the sealer on each surface as you assemble it.
No more leaky tranny. Done this on every transmission I have built. No leaks yet. |
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