BayAreaChevyGuy

Okay I THOUGHT I was leaking oil from my oil pan gasket (according to the oil change place).

Oil is not red last time I checked??

Does it look like its leaking from that bolt? Is that the oil or tranny drain?

usmarine0905

Red fluid is normally tranny fluid. if you have red fluid on your oil pan, you could have a front tranny seal leak. that is the seal that goes between the tranny oil pump and the torque converter, the torque must be removed to replace the seal.....

ramnj

Had the same thing happen to me in a GMC Jimmy I had. It was the transmission oil seal.

RacerX

Maybe its blood. And your car is a crazy homicidal maniac like Christine or the bad Knight Rider car?

BayAreaChevyGuy

The fluid looked red until I touched it and then it looked brown in my hands. I dunno. Im taking it to the shop tomorrow to be checked out. Tired of this bs.

BayAreaChevyGuy

Oh by the way. WTF. I went to go check the inside of my oil cap and I couldn't get it off. Not sure if im retarded or what today. It just wouldnt turn or pop off.

usmarine0905

no engine oil is not red.... a rear main seal could also be leaking...

tinbender59

red then turns brown when transfered to a rag "that my friend is trans fluid" check your trans fluid level!!!

BayAreaChevyGuy

I kinda feel stupid. I went and checked under the truck that day and that red that you see in the picture that I thought was red fluid turned out to be some sort of plastic something attached to the drain plug.

Im thinking when I took the truck back to the oil change place, and they checked the work. Do you think they put some kind of sealant around the drain plug, and this could be that? I checked and checked again but couldn't find the exact leak, or any other evidence of red fluid.

BayAreaChevyGuy

In the picture I posted you can actually see a drip of the fluid on the right hand side of the picture about to drop.