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06-18-2005 11:38 AM #1
leaking powerglide
Hey everyone, new here and don't really know much about transmissions but I have a problem. I have a 67 Impala with a powerglide. I used to drive it every day, but I just got another car that gets way better gas mileage, so I haven't driven the Impala for a while. About 2 week after I parked it I noticed a huge puddle of transmission fluid under the car. I cleaned it up, but was unable to tell where it was leaking from. I have never had a leak before. I replaced the pan gasket, because I don't know anything about transmissions and it seemed like a likely place for a leak. But that didn't fix anything. A while later there was another huge puddle under the car. I called a transmission place out here and they said that the powerglide pan wasn't big enough to hold all the oil in the converter, so if you didn't drive it for a while the oil would drain back into the pan and then leak out the fill tube or some other place. Does that sound reasonable? Has this happened to anyone else? If I bought a deeper pan would that solve the problem, or would I have to just add more oil to it so there really wouldn't be any greater capacity for the oil in the converter? Thanks for any help.
That is terrible, sad to hear about him.
RIP Mike Frade, aka 34_40