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Location: Tulare Ca | Hey all,
I tracked down the source of my preview Torqueflite woes to a leaking front pump seal, I took the advice of 56D500boy's Post about leaky torqueflites and replaced the seal with SKF 21098 from RockAuto.
After finally getting it all back together I took it for a trip a noiced the leak was back and just about as bad as ever. Crawled under and confirmed that its stil coming from the front pump seal.
HOWEVER I noticed it now only leaks when the fluid is hot and thin. I let it idle in the driveway after letting it sit overnight for about 20 min, with no issues, but once i drove it fora bit and got the fluid hot, it started to leak. Does anyone have anysuggestions to where to start next? I really dont want to replace it again for no reason if there the possibility that the solution is something else?
Could it be that the fluid is just too thin overall? I know its currently an Unholy mix of Dex 4, Universal and Type F (a result of taking what i could get in an emergency on the way home a while back, as I was loosing so much before i took it apart)
I dont have any other issues now other than this leak. Car goes into gear and drives just fine...when the fluid level stays correct....
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Expert
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Location: NorCal |
Are you absolutely sure the leak originates at the seal? Did you inspect the pump drive sleeve for wear at the seal lip? If the new seal is hammered in, it's possible to dislodge the garter spring behind the seal lip and it will leak worse than before...I always pack the spring with heavy grease to prevent that. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Tulare Ca | Yes, It's definitely coming from that seal, I Put her up on Ramps and got under there while it was running. I could see the Fluid streaming down from the seal. The garter spring thing could be a possibility as I didn't know until afterwards that I could pack it with grease and I did Put it in with a ball peen hammer... Looks like it's gonna have to come apart again
Would it harm anything to put some RTV around the outside of the seal after it's driven in to try to make sure it's not leaking around the metal of the seal?
Edited by Myke 2023-04-25 2:26 PM
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | If the transmission was installed without guide studs there's a huge risk that the seal was cut by the drive sleeve. |
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Expert
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Location: Chestertown, NY ( near Lake George) | Agreed common issue.. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Tulare Ca | wizard - 2023-04-25 1:16 PM
If the transmission was installed without guide studs there's a huge risk that the seal was cut by the drive sleeve.
Does this apply if I pulled the Engine out instead rather than drop the trans and removed/reinstalled the torque converter by hand? that being said I was struggling to to put the TC in as it took me a few tries to get it to line up correctly |
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Location: Chestertown, NY ( near Lake George) | Could be, all the mating components need lube on them and be in good alignment. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Tulare Ca | Shep - 2023-04-25 3:05 PM
Could be, all the mating components need lube on them and be in good alignment.
Ok good to know, So any particular grease i need to use when assembling them? Will regular old high temp red grease be a problem with the ATF in any way?
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Myke - 2023-04-25 11:40 PM
wizard - 2023-04-25 1:16 PM
If the transmission was installed without guide studs there's a huge risk that the seal was cut by the drive sleeve.
Does this apply if I pulled the Engine out instead rather than drop the trans and removed/reinstalled the torque converter by hand? that being said I was struggling to to put the TC in as it took me a few tries to get it to line up correctly
Yes, the guide studs are always needed for to aviod damage the seal and/or the drive sleeve. You can use automatic fluid or silicon grease. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Tulare Ca | Hey All, on Sunday I finally discovered the actual culprit, it seems at some point, Likely when the engine was pulled a a while back for a rebuild it seems as though something smacked the machine surface on the torque converter, lifting the seal and also trashing it.
I was able to have it machined and polished down, going to reinstall today.
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Front Pump Seal Leak on new Seal
