Tranny spews fluid

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Nurchburgler

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So, my tranny dip stick spews fluid out of it onto my valve covers.

I notices that I overfilled her..and reduced the fluid..but today when she was warming up she spewed fluid again.

I drove her down the block and it didn't happen again. Wtf? Bubbles? Air gap?

I don't get it.

Thanks


Th350 tranny
350 engine
 

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with the transmission at operating temp.shifter in park,on level ground,the fluid level should NOT be above the full line.
Operating temp is not driving it a couple of blocks,operating temp is in like ten or twenty miles.
 

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with the transmission at operating temp.shifter in park,on level ground,the fluid level should NOT be above the full line.
Operating temp is not driving it a couple of blocks,operating temp is in like ten or twenty miles.

Sorry if I don't know what I'm doing. Thanks for the answer..I will take er out longer and check levels again.
 

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you said you overfilled it... did you drain and refill which caused an overfill. When you drain and fill you only add like 5 quarts back.. not all 11 or whatever it is.

One other thing.. is your dipstick locking down on the tube?
 

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Back in the 90s I was a young ! Be carfull cuz this is how my moms old truck caught on fire ! Then a few weeks later chevy sent her a new dip stick to solve this problem ...
 

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I drained and refilled..I under filled, and then over filled..lol

I am so new to this **** I made a mistake of not checking at temp.

So I drained some and checked at temp (I thought).

Need to drain a little more and check again.


Also the stick does click but it may be coming loose.

Thanks
 

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My truck did the same thing years ago. Turned out to be a dirt dauber nest in the vent tube on top of the trans. Cleaned it out, problem solved.
 

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Vent tube like said above biggest cause. I got one doing same thing tho that has a clear vent tube that I still haven't figured out myself
 

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