AOD leaking....BAD
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AOD leaking....BAD
1983 F150, 302/2V, AOD, 53k original miles
I bought the truck a few months ago and it has had a slight ATF leak from the bellhousing. I took the truck on a ~200 mile trip today and about 2/3 of the way through it started leaking ATF badly. I had to dump about two quarts of ATF in it to limp it home. Still seems to shift okay - as well as an AOD can, anyway.
Any ideas of the likely culprit, and what is involved in fixing it?
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I bought the truck a few months ago and it has had a slight ATF leak from the bellhousing. I took the truck on a ~200 mile trip today and about 2/3 of the way through it started leaking ATF badly. I had to dump about two quarts of ATF in it to limp it home. Still seems to shift okay - as well as an AOD can, anyway.
Any ideas of the likely culprit, and what is involved in fixing it?
Thanks
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AOD leaking....BAD
Dan, I'm just guessing here but I'm thinking your torque converter got hot and the hot fluid just didn't have anywhere to go but out the front drip seal. If it was me, before I got too involved with mechanical work, I'd do a complete fluid change, converter and pan,and pop in a new filter while I was at it. That truck may only have 53K miles but that tranny fluid is probably almost 20 years old. I'm thinking it could be kind of syrupy by now. best of luck! Let us know how things turn out.
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Hmmm....quite possible. I was pushing a pretty good headwind and trying to maintain freeway speeds, so it may have gotten a little too hot. I do have a decent size auxiliary cooler, but the stock "cooler" is still hooked up, too - may need to change that.
I bought the truck in March, and the truck had been sitting for quite a while so a change of all the fluids was the first thing I did. The ATF was a little dirty but didn't appear burned or have an excessive amount of debris in it.
I'll see how it does over the next few days - maybe I'll luck out and everything will be okay. It's been a bad week for cars (two batteries, one master cylinder, one Jeep skid plate, and now this....
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Thanks for the reply.
I bought the truck in March, and the truck had been sitting for quite a while so a change of all the fluids was the first thing I did. The ATF was a little dirty but didn't appear burned or have an excessive amount of debris in it.
I'll see how it does over the next few days - maybe I'll luck out and everything will be okay. It's been a bad week for cars (two batteries, one master cylinder, one Jeep skid plate, and now this....
).Thanks for the reply.
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