Hard to say w/o knowing what kind of fluid is leaking... tranny or motor
oil... since your truck is a '94 model, I would suspect the rear intake
manifold gasket and/or a rear main. Take a look around the base of your
distributor and see if it is leaking back there... see if you can narrow
the fluid type down (redish brown=tranny, blackish-golden=motor oil)
> Hey Everyone!
>
> Well it was the first 60+ (in fact 70+) day of the season with a temp of
> 72
> this pm. This time yesterday it was 38 and this time tomorrow we're back
> to
> upper 40s so I figured I'd take this opportunity to do a little under the
> truck inspection. When I looked, everything looked fine with the
> exception
> of some sort of a thin, oily, oderless (or so it seems) fluid along two
> "seams" of the tranny. I'm not sure of all the names of the different
> part
> of the Tranny so i'll try to explain as best I can. From where the tranny
> meets where you drain the oil, it's wide and then it gets narrow as it
> gets
> closer to the drive shaft. At the widest part (the far end near the
> engine)
> there is a metal plate closing off the tranny from top to bottom
> (adjacent
> to where the oil is drained from). Between this plate and the rest of the
> trany it seems damp. In fact one of the bolts has a little liquid around
> it. Then along a very fine "seam" in the center on the wide part of the
> tranny there is a little bit more fluid (this is again along the center
> of
> the wide part with the "seam" going from the engine to driveshaft side
> (but
> not all the way down). It's not a crack. My question is, could there be
> just a little fluid leaking from these places, or is it more likely just
> a
> little oil from the last oil change mixed with water from the ground. I
> haven't noticed any wet spots under the truck after parking it overnight.
>
> Also, the tranny felt quite warm (hot after touching it for about 5
> seconds) after the truck was off for a good hour. Is this normal?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Jared
> 1994 Dakota Sport V6, 3.9L K&N, Mobil 1.
>
>
>
-- _______________ Jon Smith Raleigh, NC www.fast4x4.net '94 CC 4x4 318 344rwhp/424rwtq ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:00:59 EDT