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Every fluid has a distinct taste to it. Rather than spend hours or days figuring out a leaking fluid I just taste whatever I see dripping. Some people say "gross" I say mehhh...
Some torque converters actually have a drain plug on them, if that is true for your vehicle then im guessing that would just be an access hole to the converter. You would then bump the starter until the converter plug was lined up with the access hole... again that is just an educated guess.
It would help alot if you indicated what kind of vehicle this is.
its a 1995 ford thunderbird and i have not been able to tell if my tranny fluid is getting low. but im sure now that it is leaking tranny fluid
You didn't ask but I don't think the parts you are looking at have anything in particular to do with your transmission leaking. I generally am leery of the "mechanic in a can" type "snake oil" products, but you *could* try some sort of transmission "conditioner" although don't over-fill, wait till it leaks down enough then add the snake oil, again, not over-filling it. In my experience sometimes this helps, at worst you over-pay for a pint of transmission fluid.
You can drive the car with a small trans leak for a long time, a quart of transmission fluid maybe every month or so is not a big expense compared to fuel.
Sometimes a car that has been sitting will leak when first started up, and sometimes the leak will get somewhat better on it's own.
If a seal is damaged, torn, worn through, etc. it will leak till you get in there and change the seal. But if the seal is just dried out sometimes after it gets re-wetted a few times it will start to seal better.
If you can find a course and have the time/money, take an auto shop class at your local junior college, a good way to get rid of most of your automotive ignorance in a hurry. And I'm not flaming you here, there is no shame in being ignorant of a topic, we all start there, there was a time when each of us old "greybeards" giving you advice knew less than you know already. Notwithstanding beer-fueled stories to the contrary, none of us were born with a Snap-On wrench in our hand.
Remember ignorance is always curable, but stupidity is always terminal.
Another thought is that you could find a job at a good local indy shop, if you don't already have a better job than that. Obviously you want to learn and you are learning, but I remember the "bad old days" when I knew little and screwed up more than my fair share of parts learning a lot of stuff the hard way.
Every fluid has a distinct taste to it. Rather than spend hours or days figuring out a leaking fluid I just taste whatever I see dripping. Some people say "gross" I say mehhh...
Just hope that you never have a homeless guy urinate on or under your car. . . "Hey waht is that puddle under my car? I guess I will taste it and see. . . .nahh I do not recognize the taste fo that fluid, I guess I have better taste some more to figure it out."
You cna sya Mehh all day. That is gross. Of course I am not sure it is a heck of alot worse than putting old engine oil in your mouth. What if the leak is acid from a cracked battery? Ouch!
I drove a car for years that would not hold more than a few ounces of fluid in the transmission housing. (Manual trans) The transmission eventually burned up, but my option to resolve the problem was to replace the transmission. I did end up replacing the transmission, just two years later.
Every fluid has a distinct taste to it. Rather than spend hours or days figuring out a leaking fluid I just taste whatever I see dripping. Some people say "gross" I say mehhh...
It takes you hours or days to figure out a fluid leak? Here's hoping a dog doesn't take a leak on one of your tires. Gee... I wonder if that's brake fluid. Better taste it and see...
Last edited by Gimme3steps; 06-25-2009 at 03:17 PM..
I know of other people who taste the fluid to see what is leaking. I dont do it myself but I dont think its all that unusual.
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