[W126 Coupe] Transmission is creating a river

[Steve Nervig]

On Jul 29, 2006, at 3:44 PM, David Fatovic wrote:

> Does the torque converter have a seal inside of the
> bell housing?  On my dad's 85 500SEL he was
> complaining of losing too much transmission fluid.  I
> did some work on it today first cleaning all around.
> I didn't see any obvious leaks, and everyting looked
> tight.  I put some more fluid in and ran the car for a
> while while it was still up on jack stands.  I did not
> see any leak, nothing was coming out.  So I decided to
> take it for a little test drive.  I drove it around
> the block and when I got back, the transmission fluid
> was pouring out of the slots at the bottom of the bell
> housing.  So it didn't leak until I put it in gear.
>
> Any ideas of what could be leaking inside?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David

There is a pump seal, just aft of the TC, that looks like, if it  
fails, would pour fluid into the bell housing area.

Steve
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I feel so much better now, since I gave up hope.