Evening all

I'm in the midst of doing my inlet manifolds on my 3.6 TDV8.

While in there I have decided to do the oil cooler in Vee as a precaution. I am also doing the thermostat housing because there are signs of a leak there.

I have also noticed a significant damp area all down the RH side of trans/Bell housing resulting in droplets of fluid sitting in transmission sump... more like an oil and not coolant and more like a clear / amber / red atf colour and not engine oil.

See here:

Here's a YouTube video https://youtube.com/shorts/Ln1oh1_5ioc?si=4YMXQfOiY_30w7wv

And a still

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Could it be diesel leaking? Cant think of ATF up there. Just recently had my engine out, the fuel return lines are a bit fragile.