tornado_735 Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 It have noticed a stain of transmission fluid gradually getting larger where I park at work. (I always park in the same place at night.) Not surprisingly, I had to put about half a quart of fluid in tonight. It would seem that the lines the go to a transmission cooler would be leaking, because the drips are directly underneath the front of the car. Problem is, I don't know if I have a cooler or not. Are there any reasons there would be any lines containing transmission fluid that would be near the radiator unless I have a tranny cooler? ~Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1138 Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Your trans lines actually run in and out of the radiator. Check those lines and make sure they are tight and not damaged. I had a '92 that had this exact issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunerlover3 Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 You do have a cooler. Its in your radiator. There are two lines that could leak. The line into and the line out of the radiator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfangd Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 usually the lines will start to leak right near the radiator, just above the radiator supports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado_735 Posted September 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 The lines are almost completely rusted away at the connectors that join the metal and the rubber: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfewtrail Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 The lines are almost completely rusted away at the connectors that join the metal and the rubber: That's a pretty typical failure. They always leak at those joints. O'reilly had the cheapest price on the dorman replacement lines last year when I replaced them on my Rent's Regal. I think they were something like $12-13/each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado_735 Posted September 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Shit! I already spent $21 apiece at Auto Zone. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mfewtrail Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Shit! I already spent $21 apiece at Auto Zone. Oh well. Yep...$12.49/each at O'reilly. Any time you need a part, look it up online at all your local part chains to see who has it at the cheapest price. Every now & then, one of them will be considerably cheaper than the other for the same exact part(same brand and all). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado_735 Posted September 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Shit! I already spent $21 apiece at Auto Zone. Oh well. Yep...$12.49/each at O'reilly. Any time you need a part, look it up online at all your local part chains to see who has it at the cheapest price. Every now & then, one of them will be considerably cheaper than the other for the same exact part(same brand and all). Actually, those parts aren't what's leaking. I feel like a dumbass. The cooler lines are in two sections. There are the lines that come out of the tranny, which are the ones I ordered at Auto Zone, and there are the metal lines that come out of the cooler itself which joint the rubber ends of the first section. I cleaned all the crap off of the lines, and about 3 inches into the metal lines near where they joint the rubber, the lines are joined by a little flange, and that is where my leak is. It took me two hours of running around yesterday morning to find that out. Finally wound up at the dealer, and got the metal lines ordered: $9.43 apiece. So I scored at least a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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