jck_p
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- 1999 Ranger XLT
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Sorry if this has been addressed somewhere else on TRS but I can't find it if it has.
My 1999 Ranger 4x4, w/5R55E and 127K+ miles has developed a slight drip that I think is coming from the tranny. I'm gonna verify if it's tranny or not later today. Gonna clean everything, then run the truck for awhile and watch underneath and check the fluid level again.
Best description I can come up with is this. The drip is so slight that it doesn't leave spots anywhere. However, the lower bell housing has the "wet" look and has begun to accumulate crud. The trans pan further back has the same look now. It appears the drip is being blown back and is "spraying" the underside of the tranny. So the drip appears to be most significant when the truck is cruising & pulling? Then stops when the truck stops?
Like I said, there are never any drips on the ground under the truck. I park on a nice concrete slab under my carport and there are never any spots.
Depending what I find after my test, I'm wondering about stop leak products for such a minor leak. The truck/tranny run fine. In fact, I just returned from a 3000 mile trip with my slide-in popup camper mounted in the bed and had absolutely no issues, except the "wet" dirty look under the tranny.
Thoughts from anyone?
Jack
My 1999 Ranger 4x4, w/5R55E and 127K+ miles has developed a slight drip that I think is coming from the tranny. I'm gonna verify if it's tranny or not later today. Gonna clean everything, then run the truck for awhile and watch underneath and check the fluid level again.
Best description I can come up with is this. The drip is so slight that it doesn't leave spots anywhere. However, the lower bell housing has the "wet" look and has begun to accumulate crud. The trans pan further back has the same look now. It appears the drip is being blown back and is "spraying" the underside of the tranny. So the drip appears to be most significant when the truck is cruising & pulling? Then stops when the truck stops?
Like I said, there are never any drips on the ground under the truck. I park on a nice concrete slab under my carport and there are never any spots.
Depending what I find after my test, I'm wondering about stop leak products for such a minor leak. The truck/tranny run fine. In fact, I just returned from a 3000 mile trip with my slide-in popup camper mounted in the bed and had absolutely no issues, except the "wet" dirty look under the tranny.
Thoughts from anyone?
Jack
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