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- Spanish Fahrk, Utah
My tranny is starting to leak fluid out the bell housing area onto the exhaust. It first happened on the highway coming back to Utah from Denver. I was coming down a long hill (about 6% grade) going about 80 and saw a huge cloud of smoke coming out the back. I immediately pulled over and popped the hood, everything looked good so I looked underneath the jeep and there was tranny fluid everywhere. I was able to get it to a shop where we added fluid and after letting it cool down I drove the rest fo the way home with no drama.
The next time I was on the highway coming down a long hill (about 4% grade)doing about 80 again when I saw the same thing out the back window. This time I just slowed down and was fine the rest of the way home.
The last time I was coming down a gradual hill and doing about 70 and saw a light amount of smoke trailing behind me so I just slowed down again.
If this keeps up I'm not going to be able to drive on the freeway at all soon. Around town the tranny shifts fine and doesn't leak fluid at all. The fluid is a nice red color, so I don't think its overheating. Relavant info would be it is a 96 with 31" tires and stock gearing, automatic, of course.
Anyone have any ideas?
The next time I was on the highway coming down a long hill (about 4% grade)doing about 80 again when I saw the same thing out the back window. This time I just slowed down and was fine the rest of the way home.
The last time I was coming down a gradual hill and doing about 70 and saw a light amount of smoke trailing behind me so I just slowed down again.
If this keeps up I'm not going to be able to drive on the freeway at all soon. Around town the tranny shifts fine and doesn't leak fluid at all. The fluid is a nice red color, so I don't think its overheating. Relavant info would be it is a 96 with 31" tires and stock gearing, automatic, of course.
Anyone have any ideas?