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Looks like I have a nice puddle under my Charger that I haven't had the pleasure of driving yet. It looks like it the dipstick tube seal. Do I really have to drop the pan, or can I just catch whatever fluid drops? The car is up on jackstands, so working on it isn't so bad, I just don't want to make a mess with the fluid. Funny thing is, I wish I had known if was going to leak, the car had only a little bit of fluid in it when I brought it home.
 
I'm thinking the automatic transmission tube?
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Have a pan under it and pull the tube.
 
khryslerkid said:
Having the rear of the car lower than the front will help to not loose as much fluid.
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funny you should say that, as I was writing my post, I was thinking if that would help. I was thinking of just lowering the jackstands as far as I can.
 
Take a piece of aquarium tube... mark it an inch longer than the dip stick tube. Stick it in until the mark, suck and let the siphon do it's thing. New o-ring with some sealant, let it cure a couple days and then put the removed fluid back..
 
khryslerkid said:
Maybe it's a good time to drop the pan and change the filter and fluid?
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There really was no fluid when I brought the car home. I had to add 8 quarts of fluid. So, it's full of fresh fluid.
 
dadsbee said:
Take a piece of aquarium tube... mark it an inch longer than the dip stick tube. Stick it in until the mark, suck and let the siphon do it's thing. New o-ring with some sealant, let it cure a couple days and then put the removed fluid back..
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Or you could drop the pan, replace the filter, fix the leak, and replace the pan with one with a drain plug. This will be one of those nagging problems that will bug the F out you until you fix it correctly. Nothing worse than seeing fluid leaks under your car. It’s a simple fix, just bite the bullet and do it.
 
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Not to be funny, but are you checking the fluid level properly ?
Proper procedure is to park on level ground. Start car and warm up to operating temperature, place transmission in Neutral only ! Check fluid level, should be about 1 pint low to be proper amount.
Must check in Neutral.
You didn't say if you trailered or home or drove it. 8 qts down, it would not move at all.
 
MoparLeo said:
Not to be funny, but are you checking the fluid level properly ?
Proper procedure is to park on level ground. Start car and warm up to operating temperature, place transmission in Neutral only ! Check fluid level, should be about 1 pint low to be proper amount.
Must check in Neutral.
You didn't say if you trailered or home or drove it. 8 qts down, it would not move at all.
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Oh yeah, I'm checking it in neutral after I let the engine run for a bit. Being that the car is on jackstands, I've been putting it run in gear for a few minutes.
 
One thing that gets over looked is the tube fit.
On the tube if factory will be a brace that fits/ bolts to the bell housing and is held by a bell housing to block bolt.
If your bracket does not just lay in place at that bolt hole once the tube is pushed into the pan if you have draw it flush with the bolt you will have a leak.
Get that bracket to fit correct before adding any sealer or o ring.
 
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chrger1967 said:
Looks like I have a nice puddle under my Charger that I haven't had the pleasure of driving yet. It looks like it the dipstick tube seal. Do I really have to drop the pan, or can I just catch whatever fluid drops? The car is up on jackstands, so working on it isn't so bad, I just don't want to make a mess with the fluid. Funny thing is, I wish I had known if was going to leak, the car had only a little bit of fluid in it when I brought it home.
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Ok, I removed the dipstick tube today, the O-ring was hard, not surprised. There was only a little bit of fluid that came out, so I cleaned up and painted the dipstick tube and the dipstick handle, looks great. As I was putting it back, I realized the bottom bolt for the tube was missing and that's probably part of the reason it leaked so bad. Now my question is, does anyone know what size bolt I need for this? Once I know the size, I can run Lowes and grab one.
 
Pretty sure it's a 1/4" -20 about a 1/2" long.
But you could get a 5/16" - 18 as well.
The original has a captive washer.
But not necessary for sure just any washer would work.
 
1967coronet said:
One thing that gets over looked is the tube fit.
On the tube if factory will be a brace that fits/ bolts to the bell housing and is held by a bell housing to block bolt.
If your bracket does not just lay in place at that bolt hole once the tube is pushed into the pan if you have draw it flush with the bolt you will have a leak.
Get that bracket to fit correct before adding any sealer or o ring.
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I found today that the lower bolt for the tube was missing. The one that goes on the block is fine, it lines up great. I put fluid back in and lets see if it still leaks. I will know tomorrow morning.
 
I had a transmission tube that cracked where the O-Ring goes, so inspect it well.
The Mopar Black ATF RTV sealer works great on transmissions. It is what they used to seal pan gaskets on the FWD vehicles.
 
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