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85 Blazer s10 4x4 looks to be dripping trans fluid near the rear of engine. Small to medium size fluid leak when sitting. Seems to drip from unknown location, down onto the exhaust line. When idle, exhaust line smokes from fluid residue burn off and also from somewhere close by, above exhaust line, maybe engine burn off. Doesn't seem to be pan or any issue up front or rear of vehicle. Any ideas or suggestions on next steps is greatly appreciated, thanks.

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  • Anonymous Apr 02, 2011

    Wiped clean the trans pan, cooling lines, crimp clamps on the lines and any area that was overly saturated with oil / trans fluids.

    Started vehicle and saw a drip on the exhaust line where it comes across the front middle underneath behind the engine.

    Turned off and crawl under, could not see where anything was visibly dripping or seeping thru. The drip would seem to come from the trans pan if i go with where it looks to line up at.

    There was some fluid on the bolts for the trans pan before the wipe down but there really wasn't anything that i could see after starting it up that would point to the pan or seal as the issue.

    I did attempt to see if the bolts needed to be tightened and was able to turn a few using a hand socket set about a 1/4 to 1/2 turn varying between about 5 of them.

    I hesitate to torque too hard on the bolts to tighten them up as i'm not sure if this will cause more damage to the seal or if they are not supposed to be cinched down really tight.

    I'm guessing here but i am considering that perhaps the seal, if it's bad causes these bolts to be tightened down as it deteriorates further. I don't know now...any help is appreciated, thanks for any you might have.

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Check the lines that goes trans to radiator
if o.k.it could be trans torque converter seal
if thats it trans has to be removed to replace seal

  • Anonymous Apr 02, 2011

    I see what appears to be 2 lines they look fairly new. I will check for tears or bad connections. What are these lines called, in case i need to replace them? Thanks for the help.

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