i have a slow leak of transmission fluid..causes? concerns? how can i fix this..

 

Thats pretty vague... Where does it leak from?

Axle seals?
Shifter?
Input shaft (drips out the bottom of bellhousing)?
Loose drain plug?

 

uhm, from the bottom of the car , underneath the transmission i guess? cuz i got my oil changed, and when they lifted the car, they showed me the leak, but didnt know if something is cracked or not..

 

could be bad trans cooling lines, could be a seal leak, the drain plug could be stripped or the washer bad, etc...

 

ok thanks, i shall check out all of those

 

Can you possibly get a picture of the leak? A good way to find the leak is to spray the transmission down with degreaser, wipe it off, and look for where the fluid is coming from.

 

ok cool ; i'll take a pic by 2night..thanks

 

Fluid will blow all around the bottom as you drive. You have to clean it up in order to see where its really coming from.

Your 5-speed does not have tranny cooler lines, so you dont have to look for those.

 

well i havn't had the chance to take pics yet, cuz been coming home late from work the past few days, and today i couldnt get a hold of my uncle to borrow his floor jack..

but yeah, its a small leak still..like maybe like a puddle about an inch in diameter is left on the garage floor every morning when i pull out..i know this probably a bad idea, but it has been like 3 months now..at first i thought it was oil, so i didnt pay attention to it till i went to get my oil changed..and back then the puddle was like 5 inches in diameter..it's smaller now, so either the leak is stopping, or i'm just losing all my transmission fluid! well there are no symptoms from the transmission yet..so what should i be worrying about now? my friends say, broken or loose seal..gasket..or whatever..i hope my tranny is not cracked or anything..

 

um if the puddle is getting smaller and you think its low on fluid put more in, if you run it without fluid you'll destroy the tranny.