tech: tranny leak-where is it?

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

Anybody ever wonder where the vent is for the 020??
It's a slot cut in the top of threads for the large hex plug at the
front of the shift linkage and right under the ledge where the clutch
cable seats.
If you're overfilled you can get seapage out of this vent.
As I write this it occurs to me that another 020 that I recently
acquired appears to have a vent tube right behind the clutch cable seat,
so YMMV.
Dan

Michael Abatzis wrote:
> 
> 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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