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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 10:18 PM
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Ok so I was pulling my car out of the garage after its been sitting for 2 weeks, and as I'm pulling out I saw drops of fluid on the floor. I had just had my transmission and rear diff fluid changed a few weeks ago so I assumed that something wasn't right with that so I brought it back to Pontiac. They looked at it and said that it had nothing to do with them and that it was a rack and pinion seal? I've never heard of something like that going bad, well actually I don't know much about it so I hope someone else can tell me if their story is somewhat true.
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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 10:33 PM
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It was probably the rear pinion seal, That's all to common with these cars
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Old Sep 5, 2006 | 11:09 PM
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They could be right, racks leak just like anything else. Is the fluid red?
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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 10:47 AM
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Nah I'm pretty sure that the fluid was black
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Old Sep 6, 2006 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan
It was probably the rear pinion seal, That's all to common with these cars
I second that opinion.
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