I have a 92 Ford Explorer 4 door 4x4. The problem is that every year I take a trip to upstate New York pulling a boat and on the way up the transmission leaks when it gets hot. There are 2 transmission coolers on this truck but whenever I get to the hilly part of the drive the transmission starts leaking. This year was the first time pulling the boat so that could be the cause but I think the cause could also be from pulling a camping trailer that is probably at or over the capacity of this truck. When I pulled that trailer was when I first noticed a leak near the front of the transmission so I was thinking that maybe the strain blew a seal in the transmission. Well this year when I was going upstate when I got to a hilly section the truck started smoking quite a bit. I pulled over thinking maybe I blew a head gasket but I noticed that there was a steady stream of fluid coming out the transmission. The fluid was getting on the exhaust and causing the smoking. Well I think that if I replace the seal the leak should stop but my dad thinks that the leak is because the fluid is boiling and that just replacing the seal would not fix the problem. So I was just wondering what everyone's opinion on this issue is. Thanks, James.
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16 years ago