OK I was driving on a 2 hour road trip yesterday and suddenly the car started slipping at a high speed. I pulled over because the RPMs were high but my speed was low and I wasn't sure what was going on. There was a strange smell and a small amount of smoke. On this hot day things in the back side of the engine seemed a little wet but the car was not overheating at all.
As I was in the middle of nowhere I stopped for a second and made a few calls then tried again. The car seemed to slip again so I went back to Park. Then tried one more time. This time it drove fine. Actually I drove without incident for the length of the trip back home and had no more issues or smoke.
I had just gotten my oil changed a week ago and they indicated that my transmission fluid was full. When I checked it at home it was really low. Today I took it in to get the transmission fluid flushed and changed and the guy told me it had a 'serious leak' but he could not tell me where.
My question is.. Why would someone have a leak suddenly? I read somewhere where someones hose needed to be replaced as it had broken and sprayed liquid. That seems plausible to my situation.. I dont even know where to look for that. Ive looked for diagrams and such but cant locate. Also wondering if its not that.. Are there gaskets or something that go bad that can be replaced? Or am I just looking at replacing the transmission? I sure hope not..
Any insights would be greatly appreciated.. I called my local Honda place from the road and the guy didn't even let me finish talking before he said 'probably need to replace the transmission'. At that time I didn't know I had a leak.. I'm hoping that might be something fixable(???)
2002 Honda Odyssey EXL
As I was in the middle of nowhere I stopped for a second and made a few calls then tried again. The car seemed to slip again so I went back to Park. Then tried one more time. This time it drove fine. Actually I drove without incident for the length of the trip back home and had no more issues or smoke.
I had just gotten my oil changed a week ago and they indicated that my transmission fluid was full. When I checked it at home it was really low. Today I took it in to get the transmission fluid flushed and changed and the guy told me it had a 'serious leak' but he could not tell me where.
My question is.. Why would someone have a leak suddenly? I read somewhere where someones hose needed to be replaced as it had broken and sprayed liquid. That seems plausible to my situation.. I dont even know where to look for that. Ive looked for diagrams and such but cant locate. Also wondering if its not that.. Are there gaskets or something that go bad that can be replaced? Or am I just looking at replacing the transmission? I sure hope not..
Any insights would be greatly appreciated.. I called my local Honda place from the road and the guy didn't even let me finish talking before he said 'probably need to replace the transmission'. At that time I didn't know I had a leak.. I'm hoping that might be something fixable(???)
2002 Honda Odyssey EXL