iwannadie
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gilbert, Az
97 country 4.0 auto 4x4
I posted this in the O/t as a rant but thought I would put it here to try and get some input.
On the way up the mountain roads I started pouring white/blue smoke from behind(not tailpipe).
It was a scary moment and made me glad I had the extinguisher within arms reach and not buried in the trunk under all the gear. It sucked because the XJ was performing brilliantly, no sign of any trouble at all. My temperature was right on the 210 line, good oil pressure and no sign of trouble when boom cloud of smoke. The smoke was gone before I could even slow down and pull over but it was clear it was coming from the exhaust where it crosses from one side to the other and it was wet. The bell housing was wet at the very top but not as high as the valve cover.
Today with it cool I was looking things over, all my fluids were fine except low on transmission fluid. I also had no signs of contamination of any fluids. The wettest spot is on the driver side bell housing right around/above the CPS. My ultragauge was showing a TC for the CPS, I don't have the number off hand but it was showing a faulty CPS. I removed the bell housing inspection cover and my flex plate is bone dry and no signs of fluid having drenched inside of the bell housing. I have some dried on junk but nothing looked wet inside from what little I could see. I can't see the vent tube going into the transmission but I know it is on the top but I thought the passenger side. I can see the end of the vent tube down low behind my transmission dipstick but I don't see signs of fluid having come out of it, it has some sort of cap on it but is dry around it.
Why I have a transmission fluid leak around/above the CPS doesn't make sense to me. Unless it is the vent out of the transmission and it just sprayed that direction? I have a new CPS ready to go in and will try to look for the vent source also while in there.
I've searched and found a lot of people with the same issue of blowing smoke when going uphill. I am worried it is the seal on the transmission but I can't confirm or not. It is also odd that it is wet Above the CPS though....
I drained/refilled the transmission and the fluid came out nice and red not burnt looking at all.
I posted this in the O/t as a rant but thought I would put it here to try and get some input.
On the way up the mountain roads I started pouring white/blue smoke from behind(not tailpipe).
It was a scary moment and made me glad I had the extinguisher within arms reach and not buried in the trunk under all the gear. It sucked because the XJ was performing brilliantly, no sign of any trouble at all. My temperature was right on the 210 line, good oil pressure and no sign of trouble when boom cloud of smoke. The smoke was gone before I could even slow down and pull over but it was clear it was coming from the exhaust where it crosses from one side to the other and it was wet. The bell housing was wet at the very top but not as high as the valve cover.
Today with it cool I was looking things over, all my fluids were fine except low on transmission fluid. I also had no signs of contamination of any fluids. The wettest spot is on the driver side bell housing right around/above the CPS. My ultragauge was showing a TC for the CPS, I don't have the number off hand but it was showing a faulty CPS. I removed the bell housing inspection cover and my flex plate is bone dry and no signs of fluid having drenched inside of the bell housing. I have some dried on junk but nothing looked wet inside from what little I could see. I can't see the vent tube going into the transmission but I know it is on the top but I thought the passenger side. I can see the end of the vent tube down low behind my transmission dipstick but I don't see signs of fluid having come out of it, it has some sort of cap on it but is dry around it.
Why I have a transmission fluid leak around/above the CPS doesn't make sense to me. Unless it is the vent out of the transmission and it just sprayed that direction? I have a new CPS ready to go in and will try to look for the vent source also while in there.
I've searched and found a lot of people with the same issue of blowing smoke when going uphill. I am worried it is the seal on the transmission but I can't confirm or not. It is also odd that it is wet Above the CPS though....
I drained/refilled the transmission and the fluid came out nice and red not burnt looking at all.