I am trying to help a friend with a leaking transaxle problem in a 1994 Dodge Spirit 3.0 V6. When she first brought the car to me it had a leak in the transaxle pan that looked like the last guy who replaced the filter didn't get the gasket in place properly. I removed old gasket and installed a new one. Checked everything out and serviced with fluid. Worked great for me so I had her pick it up. After a few days of daily driving it started to leak again. She brought the car over and the same thing had happened, but in a different spot on the pan. It appears that the seal was pushed out from the matting surfaces as if there was too much pressure in the pan. I checked the dipstick/ vent tube but it didn't appear to be clogged. Is ther a problem with the transaxle that is causing too much pressure in the pan and blowing the seal? Any idea how to fix it?

Also, food for thought: when I bought the pan gasket the guy at the parts store gave me the wrong on and when I went back he double checked his parts numbera and said he gave me the corrct one for my make and model. After some computer seqarching we found a match and he said that it was supposed to fit a Chrysler Lebaron. Now what?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Chyer1

 

Was it a cork style gasket or a rubber gasket?

As far as the gasket application, Chrysler used the same transmission in a lot of vehicles. Odds are the Spirit and the Lebaron shared transmissions...since they shared the same motors...along with pretty much all the other FWD chrysler corp. cars.

 

I,m still wrestling with this!
FWIW, Rubber style gasket.

Chyer