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leaking transmission seals

hi everyone,

at the moment I'm having trouble with some leaking transmission seals. But the truth is that it's not worth fixing as the actual trans itself is going out. So I purchased a bottle of trans sealer.

Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be working. I do have a question to ask:

If you run a car without a transmission filter, will the pressure change cause the seals to leak? You see, on the car that I have, because of the sludge traveling through the liquid, it keeps clogging up the trans filters. So I decided just to run it without one because I get tired of changing the filter every two weeks because it's clogged.

Now that I'm doing that, I noticed that the seals seem to be leaking. I never noticed that before, or at least, I didn't recall seeing any leakage. But now I do.

I'm just wondering if there's a connection or not. I do need to replace the vehicle, but I'm low on money, so I'm just trying to make this car run as long as possible ---at least for a few months or so longer till I'm able to secure a replacement. The transmission shifts good when it's warmed up, but there's a lot of debris (metal, sludge etc) that clogs up the filters every two weeks.

thanks, tysteel

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tysteel
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Reply to
Mike Walsh

The pressure is determined by a pressure relief valve so technically the filter does not affect the pressure. But if yours clogs up like that it may be unable to even get up to full pressure so taking the filter off may be letting it get the pressure it was always supposed to have. If it's clogging up that fast I'm surprised it hasn't burned up already.

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Ashton Crusher

are temporary at best, and leaks usually return and leak worse than ever. Sealers also have a tendency to clog small passages e.g. filters. The debris is from your worn out clutches. By the time there is a lot of this debris in the pan the transmission usually won't engage at least one gear.

Transmission "sealers" contain no stuff that can clog anything. They are just petroleum distillates that will make the seals soften and swell up a little, hopefully enough to stop them from leaking.

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Ashton Crusher

alers are temporary at best, and leaks usually return and leak worse than e= ver. Sealers also have a tendency to clog small passages e.g. filters. The = debris is from your worn out clutches. By the time there is a lot of this d= ebris in the pan the transmission usually won't engage at least one gear.

I've actually put in two bottles of trans sealer. It seems like the

1st bottle wasn't effective, so I have added another bottle. I drove the car around for an hour, but it seems that the leaks are still coming steady.

The car isn't worth fixing by a shop, it's better that I just buy another car outright. I just need a little more time, a couple of more months, out of this junk car. I guess the most I could do know is perhaps apply some jb weld or some other epoxy to the outside areas of the trans where the leaks seem to come out of, and maybe this might stop some leakage. But that probably won't help much. The car only leaks when it's in drive...it doesn't leak when it's parked, or if the ignition is started and left in the park gear.

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tysteel

Sealers are temporary at best, and leaks usually return and leak worse than ever. Sealers also have a tendency to clog small passages e.g. filters. The debris is from your worn out clutches. By the time there is a lot of this debris in the pan the transmission usually won't engage at least one gear.

If you are willing to try anything you can throw a bottle or two of Motor Honey or other brand of oil thickener in it. That may slow down the leak some. JB weld is not likely to stop the leaks unless is a porous case (which seems unlikely, it would have shown up years ago).

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Ashton Crusher

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