sawman65

no pics i drained the oil in preperation to replace the gasket i will do the gasket and go from there. the reason i asked if it could leak between the two engine/tranny was because i was just going to pull the engine and replace the tranny and engine seals i will look into the tire swap later in the year as i just put new snow tires on the rear. and yes the gearing is low get her up to 60 or so and it sounds like the thing is going to blow be it keeps on going. but mostly the use is in the winter in the snow, i live way off the beaten path in the mountians of TN. and this is the only way to get to town. i have pulled many of the neighbors out of the ditch in there fancy SUV'S it allways puts a smile on my face!

that was my thoughts exactly but it still remians to be! as you said it could be coming from the mod vacume line...but could it suck THAT much? and yes i know wich dipsticks are wich.

nope not overfull i know for fact. i am the only one that tends to it. now as far as the color of the smoke i dont think it would matter mainly because the trans fluid has mixed with the oil. could the vacume line on the modulator suck enough to over fill the crankcase? and yes i am sure it was coming through the PCV valve but as i said the fluid is mixed with a red tint to it telling me tranny fluid is present and then there is the low trans fluid to seal that thought.

first off hello to the board! so i own a 1986 GL 1.8 auto 3 speed 4wd. i bought this car for 400.00 with broken timing belt it had 80k on it. it now has 100k and i have to put a oil pan gasket on it. yup go ahead and laugh i know what i am in for. but i have another problem...one day i had it parked on a steep hill when i started it up it smoked badly, i checked the oil and it read overfull it seemed trans fluid had gotten into the engine. i checked the trans and it was low. can this happen? is a seal bad in the engine trans. or both? this is my snow car and i love it. any help is appreciated. also what can i do to get better mialage from this setup? with the three speed gas milage is a problem