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A New Set of the Same Issues

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Hello, as some of you all know I have a 01 Escort SE, recently bought, that had some issues; it struggled leaving 1st gear. Well, I didn't do much to fix it. I removed the Air Filter Resonator(Keman Intake Style), Changed the Spark Plugs(Autolite Platinums), And 2 quarts of Dex/Merc V. Well I got 1st Gear back and don't have to use Low anymore. Well here is the catch the Transmission heats up fast, like within 20-45 mins of driving you can feel the heat in the car by your feet. When this happens there is a Few things I noticed. The transmission starts leaking, not through the filter but some where on the top where I can't see(drip location is on the trans housing) . While driving there is an acceleration rattle(??easiest way to explain it is like the car is not realizing its supposed to be accelerating) that happens on reacceleration for a split second. There is now a rough engine/transmission shake while close to standing idle (braking or accel near standing idle seems shake the whole engine bay enough to loosen the battery posts.). Lastly while all the other things are happening it starts acting like it cant find 1st again, sometimes 2nd too(but not as bad as my first two noob posts had explained). So I refill the transmission every 2 weeks with about 2 qts of fluid and that same day is will bleed about a qt and a half of old fluid from where ever its been leaking from. The engine itself when this happens it so hot you can see the heat coming from the bottom and top of the car. I don't have the tools and such to self fix the car so I'm saving to take it to a mechanic. Having a general idea, may prove beneficial as to repair it myself. This transmission is a jy transmission and was already in the car when I bought it @ 153k miles. Also I'm looking at a jy tranny with 105k for about $150($500 total for labor with warranty). Outside of all this the car runs decently and reliable in short distances or when it's not 100 degrees in Texas and really only leaks during those times. Oh yeah, so now the E-brake Light stays on even when disengaged this also recently just started.
 
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sounds like you have fluid leaking thru the vent on the top of the case. seems like if it were mine i would be checking on the trans cooler system before anything else. dont want to cook another trans
 
#4 ·
Make sure the spark plugs wires are good. Miss at high engine load, low RPM for the previous generation 'scort was always spark plug wires. Automatic transmissions can do some weird things when the engine isn't right. (though LEAK isn't one of them)
 
#7 ·
Have to do a bit of research but got couple of Bluetooth OBD-II pretty cheap on Amazon some years go. They came with software for the computer. These days there are phone apps.
 
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I found a Bluetooth one for about $100, and a standard live one for about $40. But as of right now I don't have the extra money to spend on that. So I'll just trial and error till I fix it I just hope someone dealt with this before and had some advice.
 
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