[W126 Coupe] Transmission is creating a river

[David Fatovic]

Do you have to drop the whole tranny to get to the
pump seal?  

David

--- Steve Nervig <dakota at mac.com> wrote:

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