Hi all,

Before you say search, I did, and haven't found anything like this..

My 89 569SEL (94K miles) has been sitting in the garage for a couple months, since I don't drive it in bad weather. Hasn't been started at all.

We had a run of near 0 degree weather, and she burped out probably a half cup of transmission fluid! (suddenly, all in a very short period of time)
It ran out past the front of the car, on the smooth concrete floor, so I'm not exagerating.

I knew I had a slow leak before, but I was going to live with it for now, but now I'm affraid that the next time I take it out, I'm going to dump it down the driveway.
I haven't started it since this happened.
Here is a picture of the leak before, when I had it jacked up to see if it was the torque converter plug...(I couldn't be so lucky..note the plug in the picture)


I didn't know then all I know now from searching further, about what I should have been looking for up thru the grille, as to where it is leaking from.
I'ts too cold out to get under it again right now.
I imagine it's the pump seal though....nuthin's easy for me...

It doesn't (didn't) drip actively down the driveway as you pull out/in, but would leave about a 50 cent piece size puddle of fluid each time I parked it.
There is a fair amount of fluid blown back down the line from the grille, on the crossmember and pan.

It shifts fine.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

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