# 93 ford escort leaking trasmission fluid from behind dash **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** escort, fluids, ford\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-ford-escort-leaking-trasmission-fluid-from-behind-dash/47409 "2010-04-13T17:13:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vinvin01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c5a1d2/32.png) [@vinvin01](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vinvin01)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-ford-escort-leaking-trasmission-fluid-from-behind-dash/47409/1 "2010-04-13T17:13:04Z")
I have a 93 ford escort that is driping transmission fluid directly onto my feet. It seems to be coming from two places along the air vent that runs from the center of the car to the driver side defrost vent. it is definitely red in color and smells a,d feels like trans oil. any ideas what could be causing it? ---
**Author:** ![researcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@researcher](https://community.cartalk.com/u/researcher)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-ford-escort-leaking-trasmission-fluid-from-behind-dash/47409/2 "2010-04-13T17:27:45Z")
Do you have a speedometer cable on this model? If you do, automatic transmission fluid is probably getting drawn up to the speedometer head and dripping from the fitting. There is a seal in the cable drive adapter at the transmission that should stop fluid from getting into the cable. Hope that is it. ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-ford-escort-leaking-trasmission-fluid-from-behind-dash/47409/3 "2010-04-13T20:31:17Z")
Great advice. The only time I’ve ever seen transmission fluid dripping from under the dash was with a bad speedometer cable. ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-ford-escort-leaking-trasmission-fluid-from-behind-dash/47409/4 "2010-04-13T21:26:26Z")
Alternate possibility: Has anyone ever put dye in the AC system? (I think that 93 was R-12.) ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-ford-escort-leaking-trasmission-fluid-from-behind-dash/47409/5 "2010-04-13T23:03:13Z")
Those dyes are usually green or orange. ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-ford-escort-leaking-trasmission-fluid-from-behind-dash/47409/6 "2010-04-14T00:15:19Z")
The ones that I saw/used in the R-12 days were red, but I can’t answer for “usually.” In any event I do consider this to be only a long-shot possibility. The transmission fluid guess is a better one, but I wanted to point out this chance too. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-ford-escort-leaking-trasmission-fluid-from-behind-dash/47409/7 "2010-04-14T00:25:56Z")
The cable is certainly plausible and I would add that I’ve seen red refrigerant dye also. ---
**Author:** ![vinvin01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c5a1d2/32.png) [@vinvin01](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vinvin01)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-ford-escort-leaking-trasmission-fluid-from-behind-dash/47409/8 "2010-04-15T13:12:25Z")
Thanks everybody, I will definitely check it out this weekend.