tech: tranny leak-where is it?

[pbureau@attbi.com (pbureau@attbi.com)]

time to go wash the underside of your car and engine bay 
to see where it is leaking from...anything else is a 
guess.
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ATS - Patrick Bureau
1985 8v Euro GTX 3A/JH Project
(show car)
1985 8v Euro GT Project (Daily Drive)
http://www.longcoeur.com/scirocco/
http://www.texassciroccoteam.org/
> since i got my car in march, i've noticed a very slow, intermittant tranny 
> fluid leak.  usually i notice a few drops after very spirited driving; it 
> seems like the hotter the engine, the more the leak (which makes sense if 
> it's a seal i guess).  i put about a quart of redline in last week, and 
> noticed the leak is now a bit worse.  i think i overfilled the 
> tranny--pretty much filled it all the way (usually i drain it, put in 2 
> quarts). i just can't figure out where the hell it's coming from.  where it 
> isn't coming from is the bellhousing; that's where it would be if it was 
> SMS, right? i think it's from the speedo hole (which would also make sense 
> if i overfilled it), but maybe the gasket between 5th gear and the rest of 
> the tranny.  anyone else know where it could be from? again, definitely 
> nothing from the bellhousing, which is where most of the seals and stuff 
> are.  also, no noises, shifting relatively smooth (linkage still a bit out 
> of whack). ideas? tia,
> 
> 
> -Michael Abatzis
> Hotlanta! GA
> 1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP-->parting, prelim web site, but not taking orders 
> yet: www.learnlink.emory.edu/~mabatzi/mikes_page.html
> 1987 Scirocco 2L 16v...
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