Im on Mobil 1 ATF (changed and rebuilt tranny about 3-4k miles ago).
Car has been fine until today. Weather has been cooler than normal (50-60 F) and gas mileae has been down. But today the 2nd gear is acting weird. Feels like maybe the TC is locking and unlocking and is generally confused.
havent been able to check fluid levels, but the past week or so ive been leaking some fluid by the front of the driver side. I thought it was the power steering related but there are 2 rubber hoses in that area as well and they seem to be leaking slightly.
another thing it could be is my driver side axle may be bad. i get tire vibrations at 30-40mph and goes away at any higher speeds. Could fluid leak out by where the axle connects to the tranny?
first off, those two rubber hoses by the front driver of the car are your power steering cooler lines. they go to that little loop that's on the front of your radiator. that's power steering's radiator, and all it needs. small, eh?
if you think your car is leaking, it would be very wise to pop it up on jackstands, and inspect around the transmission pan for areas of oil leak, and then trace it back to where it possibly came from.
and yes, it IS possible for the trans to leak out of the axle flange shafts.
look in the info base for a "axle flange shaft seal" thread i created a while back.
that, or just use the search feature, threads started by my name, and the info base. it will pop up. it's fairly lengthy, but i made it as informative as possible about the job and what all is going on.
the car was xyro's, and it was leaking at the drivers side. the passenger side is fairly different as it seals back actual gear oil (diff has seperate contained fluid).
