Originally Posted by
marlinspike
The only thing I can think of is I forgot to tell the shop that repaired my trans that since new my trans dipstick has been off, meaning when it shows between the two lines it's actually full. Shop filled it up to the top line, this means it will slowly drain fluid until it gets down to in between the two lines.
Will the appearance of trans fluid splatter fail me (the way it drains the excess it gets all over the area around the cross-brace and torque converter housing)?
Just the appearance of splatter will not necessarily fail you @ tech unless it is visibly dripping, and it depends on your tech inspector's interpretation of what's going on. However if you know you have a slow leak, you should definitely fixit before you run the car. What if that stuff gets all over the tires? Or drops on the track and gets on someone else's tires? Or gets worse the hotter you get the car, as you're doing lots of runs in close sequence? Anything that COULD be dangerous... CAN be dangerous on a roadcourse. Luckily it doesn't sound difficult or expensive to fix.