gotsubarus Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Ok, 90 Legacy FWD Started pouring tans fluid out... What are the symptoms that would cause that? I know the valves can clog up and put preasure on the seal. It has 180,000k on it. I assume it could wear and start pouring? or crack from age? Has anyone else had this problem? I was thinking If its not worn or cracked i am going to replace it and flush it immediatly... Does this sound good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Hey Shane, On one of my '89 GL's 3AT, fluid started pouring out the front. Many a tranny shop quoted me big money to fix it. I ripped it apart and it was definately the front seal. No tranny shop was giving me this diagnosis...telling me stuff like I needed a new pump??? Basically I fixed it for $10. The seal had hairline cracks all over it. It was totally cooked. I could see light through the cracks. The job was easy not counting removing and installing the tranny. The car lasted another 10-20k miles after the repair and it died from an unrelated wheeling incident involving jumping. Flash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotsubarus Posted December 23, 2003 Author Share Posted December 23, 2003 Thanks Flash, I am hoping its that simple. Uot of all the cars i have had and sold this is the first time i have seen a front seal leak in the legacy. I had one once that would blow some fluid out the breather tube on top, So i changed the fluid and ran trans X through it and would keep adding tans X and finaly after a few weeks and some long dirves it quit. sold it later and the guy is still driving it 2 years later without a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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