<VV> PG pouring out fluid

[Shaun]

Evidently, you've damaged the torque converter seal.
SM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Elliott" <Corvair at fnader.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:56 PM
Subject: <VV> PG pouring out fluid


> I hate Powerglides and this latest issue is only reinforcing that.
>
> Subject is my VW Westy with the Transvair kit, including a PG. Reverse has
been getting harder and
> harder to select, so I had already planned on replacing the transmission.
The van is started and moved
> around at least once a week, but had not been out on the highway in a
month.
>
> I last moved it last Saturday. No issues. So yesterday I go to move it and
reverse won't select. At all. And
> now, no forward gears either!
>
> I check the fluid and it's dry.
>
> So today I get some ATF fluid (and a little bottle of trans seal), put two
quarts along with the sealer... and
> the level read a bit above "low". So I take it for a drive on the highway
to warm everything up and
> hopefully let the sealer do some work. I haven't gone 1/4 mile when I
realize I have a smoke screen
> behind me... so I turn around and head back home.
>
> The fluid is POURING out of the trans... but at the bellhousing! What's up
with that? I've only had a few
> PG's...and they all leaked...but none there!  The smoke was from the oil
burning off the exhaust.
>
> So I know I need to replace the trans...but with new problem, what else as
well?
>
> Thanks!
> Bill Elliott
>
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