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Originally Posted by CoryM
Make sure your vent is clear as well. The transmission has a vent on it to allow for the expansion of the oil/air inside. Otherwise the seals have to deal with the pressure and will eventually fail. These vents often clog, and mine was plugged when I got the car with 38000km on it. A good indicator it is plugged is you will hear a hiss of air as you open the fill plug.
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Cory, how did you clean the vent? When I removed the filler plug, some air hissed out, so apparently my vent is clogged. From the photo you posted, I can't figure out where it is. Is the vent a bolt, or simply a hole? Can it be cleaned with a squirt of compressed air?