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Strange Transmission Leak

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Old Jun 7, 2020 | 07:02 PM
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Have a 2013 Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited, mostly stock except for 2 inch lift and 285/75 17s on it. Has about 80000 miles on it, Auto transmission. Just finished up replacing the oil pressure sending unit...... I reconnected the battery and was coming back from grabbing a rubber mallet to seat the clamp and noticed transmission fluid leaking. Hadn't run in about 4 hours, and didn't start it. Leak is running down the right side of the transmission, from somewhere on the upper bellhousing. I can't make any sense of it, so was hoping someone here had some ideas!
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Old Jun 7, 2020 | 08:36 PM
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Sounds strange. Sure it is not engine oil? Is it near where the sensor was changed from?
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Old Jun 7, 2020 | 08:54 PM
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Sounds strange. Sure it is not engine oil? Is it near where the sensor was changed from?
Definitely transmission fluid, bright red, and smells and tastes just like it.
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Old Jun 8, 2020 | 08:24 AM
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OK the only other logical thing I can offer is did the breather tube fall off somehow? They are high up.
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