RE: Trani leaks

["Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>]

Find out exactly where it's leaking.  Clean the tranny, drive for a bit
(get it
all warmed up) then park and look.  You may try tightening the side
cover plate,
not too hard (follow torque specs in Bentley).  This is how I lost the
oil in my
tranny and led to its death.
   Toby Erkson
   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
   '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member
   Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/

> -----Original Message-----
>      When I took my car out for it's first real drive (+15 miles on
> highway) after i bought last fall,  it developed a terrible 
> noise from the
> rear end...   now the sides 
> of the trani
> are Wet!,  oil leaking, small puddle after the car sits for a week.