Re: [Chrysler300] Torque Converter Drainback / Leaky Tranny (Again)

[Bill Huff <czbill@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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At 4/12/201203:31 PM, John Nowosacki wrote:
>I had a somewhat crazy idea as to how to deal with this for my G.
>I also took the car to my local tranny shop, but after 5 days there was
>still no leak.
>I know that over the course of a winter, almost a quart of fluid will leak
>out as the TC drains back into the pan, so I did the following:
>I warmed up the car and made sure the fluid level was at the right level
>for the vehicle.
>We then put the car up on the lift and let it sit for one day.  No leaks.
>I then proceeded to add an 'extra' quart of tranny fluid thru the dipstick
>tube, simulating a 'fast' TC drain back into the pan.
>That increased the level enough so I could see that the fluid was coming
>out around the kick down shaft as there isn't much of a seal there (at
>least in my car).
>Once that source was found, fluid was drained back to the correct level.
>The bad news is that I have yet to drop the pan, valve body, etc. to
>install some kind of bushing or seal around the shaft because it is
>running well and I don't want to mess anything up, but I think it did
>successfully reveal the source of the leak.
>
>On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Terry Mctaggart <terrymct999@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > A couple of weeks ago I took my 300F to a local transmission shop to
> > attempt to cure the titled problems.  The manager is an old car guy (he
> > owns a 60 Caddy) and was familiar with the problem.  He kept the car in a
> > bay for two weeks and wouldn't you know, the old beast didn't leak a drop,
> > so the shop didn't want to tear into it with no obvious symptions.  Can't
> > blame them.  But the manager did suggest a potential solution.  He said he
> > could put a one-way valve in one of the cooling lines, and that this would
> > prevent converter drain back.  He said that some later model Dodges had
> > this valve installed at the factory to prevent this situation from
> > occuring.  Has anybody out there heard of this solution, and are there any
> > opinions on whether it would work?  Terry McTaggart in Dayton Oh.
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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