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Old May 10, 2006 | 05:34 PM
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Trans randomly pissing in driveway

OK, its an E4OD with the factory cooler. Its supercharges, Xcal2 programmed by mike, it has a transgo kit in the accumulator with body work.
It all started after Diablo programmed it, and then it started to leak. Then it stopped leaking. Then I towed 8000 pounds from tennessee to atlanta and it puked all over. Then it stopped leaking. Now, it only leaks after driven hard. (read: when I drive it, it pisses all over the drive. When my wife drives it, its dry as a bone) I am at a loss. Speeder, got any ideas? I am thinking of adding a bigger cooler with fan up front and seeing if that does anything.
 
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Old May 10, 2006 | 05:45 PM
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Well, you could just let the wife drive it from now on.

In any event, a seal is failing under pressure. Anything you do short of replacing that seal is just a stopgap measure.

Have you tried to locate the origin of the leak?

Have you tried removing all the custom tuning stuff to see of the tuner is manipulating internal pressures beyond the capabilites of the tranny's seals?

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Old May 10, 2006 | 08:05 PM
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I honestly am not sure where its coming from. My best guess is the front main seal. It comes out hte plug where you can access the TC drain plug. I can spray it off and it stays dry for a while, but you can never really pinpoint where its from. I know it has come out of the upper blow off before, and I was hoping that its just overheating and coming out of there after being placed under extreme load. I was about to buy a Monster Box and then it stopped leaking. Then 3 weeks later it leaked again (guess who was driving)
 
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Old May 10, 2006 | 08:13 PM
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I bet it's coming out the vent when pressures are too high. These transmission are good for that especially in reverse.
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Old May 10, 2006 | 11:08 PM
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I bet it's coming out the vent when pressures are too high. These transmission are good for that especially in reverse.
Alan
I may have the same issue, as far as reverse causing over heat/pressure.

Any recommended fix?

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Old May 11, 2006 | 03:20 PM
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Said it before, if you wanna put real power through a slushbox, you need a temp gauge to keep an eye on. Any chance you cooler is plugged?

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Old May 11, 2006 | 03:33 PM
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I am waiting on a gauge pod and then I'll have Trans Temp, Boost, Intercooler water temp, and I am going to try and rig up an idle air guage for my own personal knowledge.
 
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