93 explorer sport? a4ld?

[Destroyer000]

hey guys well after a crappy morning... we were bringing our camper up to a hunting spot about 70 miles away... well theirs some big hills an we were towing it with a 93 explorer sport auto.... well after a few of the hills it started to spray a lil tranny fluid.... then on a bigger hill it was really spraying some fluid so we pulled over. checked the dip stick an it was DRY.. so i went an got 4 quarts of tranny fluid put some in an started the truck up an it was just coming right out from under the truck.. looked like it was coming out between the bell housing. so we made some phone calls an had a buddy come pick up the camper an we let the truck sit for a while an started it an it was fine.. wasn't leaking or any thing.. could it have just gotten hot an started to leak or what would cause this sort of problem? the camper was only a 20footer weighed about 2k-2200 pounds

 

[thedangerranger93]

kinda late, but here ya go. could have been overheating liek you said, and I've actaully heard about overpressurized trannies pushing fluid past the front seal. usually once this happens the seal is toast, but I guess in your case it wasn't. weird.

 

[F150hybred]

Had the same experience with my A4LD. Turns out it was the front torque converter bushing that was at fault. In turn, the converter hub was also trash. It's a common problem with all A4LD transmissions. Sorry to say, but your most likely looking at pulling the transmission and replacing the converter, converter hub bushing and seal. It's not a do it yourself job that can be done in the drive. There are some weird repair procedures for this. Also, another part that tends to cause this issue is the crankshaft adapter. It spaces the flywheel from the crank shaft. it also supports the torque converter in a centered position. If this has ANY slop, it will not hold the converter in line with the crankshaft causing premature wear on the bushing and converter. Meaning you would be doing it again. I'm gonna attach a few links here for you to look at to help you understand what I'm talking about and help in the proper repair.


http://www.turbotbird.com/techinfo/AutoTransFix/A4LD_Fix.htm

http://www.transmissioncenter.org/a4ld.htm

Hope this helps.