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Transmission Leaking
The car is a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
It happened after my dad was going pretty fast over a speed bump.
Also, it was leaking "pretty fast."
Thanks.
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yep liklihood is you lost the plug to the transmission fluid pan, or knocked a hole in the pan. which means you'll have to try and plug it up as best you can, pour in some fluid, and get to the closes mechanic possible. the car will likely be out of commission for a week and it'll cost about $200 for a new plug and prolly about $400 for a new fluid pan. lesson learned here is take it slow over bumps. any car no matter what it is cannot take bumps, hills, and other such things fast. even jeeps and other offroad vehicles sure they're designed to go over hills and rocks and mountains but they're designed to do that at low speeds.
my suggestion would be to jack it up. buy some tire sealent, and some carburetor cleaner. crawl under the car and spray the carburetor cleaner in any areas where you might think it might be leaking from. eventually you'll find the hole, crack, or whatever else. then take the tire sealent and spread it along the hole or crack. this will create a temporary seal and allow you to limp it to a mechanic. tire sealent is not permanent and will wear off it will only get you maybe 40 miles of driving. but that's enough to get to a shop tomorrow morning. now getting the carburetor cleaner and sealent wouldn't be hard as you can get that at any auto parts store and a lot of autozones are open 24 hours a day now. the only problem is doing it in the dark which is gonna be rough. but the carburetor cleaner should clean up the area from dirt, oil, and other gunk, and help to find the hole. also take a couple towels under there that you wont mind getting dirty and prolly a good flashlight. it's not a hard job to do, and honestly you could do it tomorrow morning and then take it straight to the mechanic. good luck. and lemme know what happens next.
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