Q: I was driving in my truck and out of no where transmission fluid started coming out.When I checked under it was missing a bolt but
Basically i got my transmission rebuilt and I was wondering what it could’ve cause the leak because it was missing a bolt and the mechanic told me it was something internal.So i don’t know what to do?
My car has 569000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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