The dealer charges labor cost.

The dealer says that the leak is from reaction valve plugs.

There are two seals on top of the transmission. To do the work, they have to remove the transmission.

They say that this is different job from the previous transmission pan work.
So they are going to charge labor cost.

They estimates total $750 - removing transmission, repair valve plugs, and reseal transmission.


I complained why they did not find the leak at the reaction valves on 10/3/03.
I came to dealer three times. Each time, my car had to be at the dealer a few ~ several days.

They said there are many points that can have leak. At that time, there was leak from transmission pan. So they did transmission pan work. Now they found leak elsewhere.
They also say that the transmission number indicates that my car ran 226 k miles on the original transmission.


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Question 1.

Shall I have the job done at this dealer or not?

What if it leaks again after two weeks at other seal, and they charge new labor cost?

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Question 2.

To save future labor cost, once they remove the transmission (a lot of labour cost), shall I require other things such as pump O ring, pump O ring gasket, engine rear main seal, etc.?

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Question 3.

How long can I live with the leak without repairing it?

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