tmort

I have a 1997 Honda Civic dx which I bought used. It loses transmission fluid. I figured it was an old car and probably the seals were bad. I've also noticed a short hollow tube on the top of the transmission housing on side of the housing closest the front of the car. It is about 10-12 mm in diameter.

I happened to be looking at an exploded parts diagram of the automatic transmission and see there is a breather cap for the transmission. I'm wondering if maybe it is missing on mine and that could account for some of the fluid loss?

Does anyone have a picture of this section of the transmission so I can see how it is supposed to look?

TIA

ezone

automatic or manual trans?


If it is losing fluid, step #1 is to get under it and find where the source of the leak is.
If it's too messy to tell, then clean it all off and start fresh.

Axle seals are a common leak point.