Jerryred94silvy
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Hello all,
I recently bought a 1994 RCLB silverado 1500 that has acquired a rather frustrating habit of leaving nice big ATF puddles on the ground. The first time it did this, I was about a mile from home when the engine light let me know that it still worked (good to know). So I drove it back home and found it dripping from the hole in the access panel, a steady drip, which we traced back to the torque converter seal. Replaced the seal, ran it around the block several times, everything seemed dandy. Until the second time...I arrived at the place to have it inspected, and discovered that transmission fluid is POURING out of what appears to be the front of the transmission pan(right behind the access panel). The kind gentleman who worked there noticed that it looked like the gasket had let go and was thus kindly sharing its special reserve of Super-Tech ATF with the asphalt. So a friend of mine came to help me and we changed the pan gasket and the filter (might as well) in the parking lot. Once we got it all back together we poured 4 quarts (instead of all 11 and THEN finding out if we didn't fix it) of the finest STP Dexron VI in the tube and started the truck to see if we had cured the transmission's bowel issue...... We did not. It leaked from the same location, where the pan and the access panel meet, and only began leaking when the truck was running. I'm sure the waterfall of ATF originates from somewhere further inside the transmission, but I need some advice from people who know more about these trucks than I do to help me figure this out before I take it to a trans shop and throw more money (and curse words) at it than is necessary. The truck has a 4l60 in it behind the mighty 4.3l V6, and is a 2WD. Thank you in advance for the help.
P.S. I am a noob, so if this thread is in the wrong place I apologize
I recently bought a 1994 RCLB silverado 1500 that has acquired a rather frustrating habit of leaving nice big ATF puddles on the ground. The first time it did this, I was about a mile from home when the engine light let me know that it still worked (good to know). So I drove it back home and found it dripping from the hole in the access panel, a steady drip, which we traced back to the torque converter seal. Replaced the seal, ran it around the block several times, everything seemed dandy. Until the second time...I arrived at the place to have it inspected, and discovered that transmission fluid is POURING out of what appears to be the front of the transmission pan(right behind the access panel). The kind gentleman who worked there noticed that it looked like the gasket had let go and was thus kindly sharing its special reserve of Super-Tech ATF with the asphalt. So a friend of mine came to help me and we changed the pan gasket and the filter (might as well) in the parking lot. Once we got it all back together we poured 4 quarts (instead of all 11 and THEN finding out if we didn't fix it) of the finest STP Dexron VI in the tube and started the truck to see if we had cured the transmission's bowel issue...... We did not. It leaked from the same location, where the pan and the access panel meet, and only began leaking when the truck was running. I'm sure the waterfall of ATF originates from somewhere further inside the transmission, but I need some advice from people who know more about these trucks than I do to help me figure this out before I take it to a trans shop and throw more money (and curse words) at it than is necessary. The truck has a 4l60 in it behind the mighty 4.3l V6, and is a 2WD. Thank you in advance for the help.
P.S. I am a noob, so if this thread is in the wrong place I apologize
