Does The Auto Trans Have Overflow?
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: Medicine Hat Alberta
Does The Auto Trans Have Overflow?
I NOTICED A PUDDLE OF TRANNY FLUID IN MY GARAGE THIS MORNING...YESTERDAY I DROVE HER A LITTLE HARD USING DRIVE IN RESIDENTIAL STREETS THEN OVERDRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY...I NOTICED A PUDDLE ON MY FLOOR BUT I DROVE HER TODAY AND LET HER SIT ON THE DRIVEWAY AND NOTHING WAS THERE...I EVEN LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND SHE'S DRY? AM I SEEING THINGS? 
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2003
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From: alaska
no overflow but they are vented at the top.
about the only time you see anything come outta the vent is if you overfill it.
bout all you can do at this point is ensure the level is on the mark and the fluid looks clean and red and doesnt smell burnt.
then keep an eye on it.
(its possible you overheated the oil and boiled it,pushing some out the vent,but usualy when it gets to that point your noticing it acting funky).
check your power steering fluid too.
if the car had been sitting for quite a while before this its not uncommon to have some pump seal seapage that will heal itself with use.
hopefully thats what it was.
about the only time you see anything come outta the vent is if you overfill it.
bout all you can do at this point is ensure the level is on the mark and the fluid looks clean and red and doesnt smell burnt.
then keep an eye on it.
(its possible you overheated the oil and boiled it,pushing some out the vent,but usualy when it gets to that point your noticing it acting funky).
check your power steering fluid too.
if the car had been sitting for quite a while before this its not uncommon to have some pump seal seapage that will heal itself with use.
hopefully thats what it was.
