2000 Grand Caravan - sporadic appearance of tranny fluid on floor

My 2000 Grand Caravan is only sporadically leaving some drops of
transmission fluid on the garage floor. It has gone weeks without
dropping any oil and then the other a small drop appeared again.
Amount of fluid on the floor is very small, a drop or two usually. Any
comments on the intermittent nature of this?


John Keith

 

Our crystal balls are all in the shop for repair. You might want to
crawl under there and look for wet areas. Likely culprits: Pan gasket, a
shaft seal, or a tranny cooler hose connection.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
adddress with the letter 'x')

 

I've seen the trans cooler hoses leak intermittently. Sometimes you can
tighten the connection if the leak is at the trans case, but if it is
leaking from the compression fitting where the rubber is joined to the
steel, then most times the hose needs replacement.

Do like Bill suggested and crawl under and look for the source. Most likely
something simple to fix once you find it.

Bob

 

Thanks for the tips both to the group and directly to me. I'll
follow-up.


John Keith