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gunsn88

gunsn88

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hi i have a 01 gp gt and theres a leak under my car coming near from near the passenger side front tire, its driping from the transmition or around that. i dont know if its coolant or trany fluid. i checked the coolent before i did have a leak but thats fixed. and slowly my trany fluid level is droping. the transmition guy told me not to change the fluid or anything eve though the fluid looks burnt. any pointers please.:th_sick2: e said if i change the fluid or anything i can actually make the trany werse. everything runs fine but that leak
 


It can only be
Power steerign fluid
Trans fluid
Coolant
Brake fluid
Fuel

Anything beyond that..and you got an interestig leak.
 


when my oil pressure sensor went bad it leaked right onto where the axle shaft enters the trans, scared the hell out of me when it happened, i thought it was the trans leaking till i looked up and saw the sensor leaking like mad.
 
BillBoost37 said:
There's not enough fluid there to leave decent puddles. Same for the SC oil. :D I thought about them.
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He didn't say it was a decent sized puddle. Just that it was leaking. You need to start covering all your bases, Bill. You know better than that.

But to the OP, you mention that the tranny fluid is going getting low. If you have a leak, and you notice that one of your fluids is getting lower, I would put my money there first.

As for not changing the fluid on the tranny, I don't agree with that. If it were me, I would drop the pan and change the filter and replace the fluid that you loose. It will only change out about 50% of the fluid in the tranny and allow the old to mix nicely with the new. The issue comes with an old, beaten, hurt tranny that someone tries to replace all the fluid at once. It is a shock to the transmission and usually not recommended. I would venture that is what your mechanic is talking about.
 
Zef, I hear ya. Would you buy into me having telepathy? :D I'll play that card if you guys would buy it. lol Something about the way he said tire and dripping etc made me feel like it was a decent amount. Having zipped into a mount before...I went on gut feeling. I'm also really tired today. Should be doing work...but you know. ;)
 
thanks guys for all the advice. im first going t ocheck my tranny and change the fluid and get a new gascet. i got transx for it so adding the additive should be better then nothing at all. ill see were it goes from there. and now i got another isue my service engine light came on again and its code 420, converter failure, but i just got a new magnaflow converter and resinater. im confused and getting pissed lol
 


The code is because its a high flow cat, so the car thinks its not working correctly. If its a brand new cat you are fine. you just wont be able to see any other engine codes.
 
how about if i get amoded ecm from 3800.com or something, i cant find any chips or scanners thatll work on the grand prixes but the moded ecms.
 
gunsn88 said:
how about if i get amoded ecm from 3800.com or something, i cant find any chips or scanners thatll work on the grand prixes but the moded ecms.
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Being a 01 its debatable on whether or not the 3800 02 emulator will work. Some say it does some say not. You could try if you have the $60 +shipping. If it doesn't work or if you don't want to try, just scan it off and on to keep on top of the car or get it tuned to turn it off. Someone may be in the surrounding area with a programmer, that would work to turn it off if you can find someone :th_winking:

02 Emulator - Rear O2 Emulator: 3800 Performance
 


ive been scaning it and turning it off but the moter vehicle guys failed me on emitions because of it, i really would like a super chip or something to work with it though.
 
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