Well, here’s my problem. It’s a 2001 Saturn L 100 with 165,000 miles on it. I felt it had a small transmission leak. Now with these GM transmissions there are no drain plugs or dipstick. I bought a WIX - Transmission Filter Kit Part # 58611. I read that I might need a better gasket so I bought a Fel-Pro TOS18715 Trans Pan Gasket. I took the transmission pan off and clean everything really good. Put the Fel-Pro Gasket on and hand tighten the screws. I did not use any grease to hold the gasket in place but it has two plugs to line it up. I went by the Wix instructions to torque it. It said to torque it to 120 inch pounds. Now my cheap craftsman torque does not have inch pounds. It has foot pounds. I did the conversion and it’s only 10 foot pounds. I dial my wretch to that and tighten the gasket. I did not want to over tighten it. The transmission pan reminds me of a cookie sheet. A cookie sheet may be stronger. Anyway, it looked loose after I tighten it to 10 foot pounds but what the hey, I poured in the transmission fluid. (Valvoline Maxlife ATF). It leaked everywhere. Thank God it did it there rather than the road. How should I fix it?
Torque it down to 30 foot pounds and just pour in my fluid.
Take it off and put the Wix gasket on it and redo the job.
Thanks for your help
Torque it down to 30 foot pounds and just pour in my fluid.
Take it off and put the Wix gasket on it and redo the job.
Thanks for your help