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Old Nov 11, 2017 | 07:04 PM
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Just took my car out for the first test drive and found that the trans has a tiny leak.. it's a new trans and motor. Any ideas on where to start looking? There's a small drip on the pan that covers the converter and looks like it is dripping into there possibly.
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I lied looks like it's oil..
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It looks like oil to me . check out your wires that are melting onto your headers
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Looks like RMS to me.

Either accept leaky LT1 life, or attempt to fix. I think either the trans or the motor will have to come out to replace it if its the RMS
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The angle of the picture make it look like they are on the headers but they are not I actually zipped tied them earlier. Also it's a brand new engine it better not be leaking lol. I'll figure it out.
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Make sure it's not running down from the top, like the back of the intake or oil pressure switch.
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Make sure it's not running down from the top, like the back of the intake or oil pressure switch.
Good idea I already checked that. As far as I could tell it wasn't leaking (no oil on my fingers when reaching back there).
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