Leaking what appears to be tranny fluid

Went wheeling all day sat and had zero issues. Get on the highway to head home and the guy behind me gets on the radio and says i am blowing tons of smoke and tells me to pull over immediatly because i blew something. Pull over and I am dripping some transmission fluid directly on the exhaust that goes right under the bellhousing of the transmission and the back of the motor. Limp it home, wipe everything clean, and check fluid level. Go out wheeling the next day (i noticed no leaking fluid throughout the night) and same thing happens. Bone dry all day until i hit the blacktop, the bam, a huge cloud of smoke.

I took some pics and will upload them later. Any ideas on where i could be leaking from?

tranny quick disconnects @ the tranny. happens all the time with the aw4, i replaced them with AN fittings.

xcm said:

tranny quick disconnects @ the tranny. happens all the time with the aw4, i replaced them with AN fittings.

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from what i can tell the lines going into the tranny were both dry. thanks though

only thing thats left is the line itself... and everytime ive had a line issue, it's dumped ALL THE TIME. the intermittant (under highway load, especially over a pass, hill, etc) usually causes the extra pressure to piss outta the quick disconnects.... but if you say it's dry, thats quite odd.

where do you have the tell tale residue on the exhaust? that'll show you were its hitting.

IT COULD be up front, at the radiator, but that'd leave fluid all over the motor/suspension, and leave a nice drip up front while it's parked...

here r some pics, maybe this will clear it up a bit

Remove the bell housing cover and see if you have fluid coming down the back of the bell housing or on the converter. If so its either the pump seal or torque converter seal.

Talyn said:

Remove the bell housing cover .

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how do i do that? is that just the thin metal on the front of it

Yes, the the sheet metal cover held in by a few bolts.