2000 Ford Taurus leaking transmission fluid and slipping gears?

Hi, so me and me friends did a muffler delete on a 2000 Ford Taurus SEL V6 with 76k miles. It sounded so sick that I kept flooring it on every street. Next thing I know I park it and it starts dripping a continuous stream of tranny fluid from the bottom. It slips gears really badly now. It doesn't make sense to blow a tranny in one session of driving hard so I don't think it has to do with wear on the transmission, what could the issue be? Cheapest way to fix it? When it's cold it isn't leaking or slipping just when it warms up it does

Hi, so me and me friends did a muffler delete on a 2000 Ford Taurus SEL V6 with 76k miles. It sounded so sick that I kept flooring it on every street. Next thing I know I park it and it starts dripping a continuous stream of tranny fluid from the bottom. It slips gears really badly now. It doesn't make sense to blow a tranny in one session of driving hard so I don't think it has to do with wear on the transmission, what could the issue be? Cheapest way to fix it? When it's cold it isn't leaking or slipping just when it warms up it does if the leak coming from between the back of the engine and front of the transmission you blew the front seal. Slipping probably from being low on fluid. There's no easy fix. The transmission needs to be removed and probably rebuilt due to internal damage from running low on fluid Pounding on a 16 year old car - - - - what result did you expect?

Too bad - - - with only 76,000 miles on it it could have lasted another 100M if properly maintained and treated… Now you can spend more than it's worth fixing it - or walk. It takes less than a minute to ruin an automatic transmission when you have an ATF cooler line rupture. Nice job dude! You're looking at $1600 or more! Once they slip they're toast. Add the CORRECT transmission fluid to the proper level and then wait and see if the slipping is gone. If slipping continues then you can just live with it if you like, my 1997 GL has slipped since we got it at 30,000 miles, It now has over 279,000 miles and hasn't quit yet.

You can have the leak repaired or just keep adding ATF when needed. My transmission developed a leak a few months ago, and I will just add ATF when it gets low enough.

Pounding on a 16 year old car - - - - what result did you expect?

Too bad - - - with only 76,000 miles on it it could have lasted another 100M if properly maintained and treated… Now you can spend more than it's worth fixing it - or walk.

It takes less than a minute to ruin an automatic transmission when you have an ATF cooler line rupture. Nice job dude! You're looking at $1600 or more! Once they slip they're toast.

Add the CORRECT transmission fluid to the proper level and then wait and see if the slipping is gone. If slipping continues then you can just live with it if you like, my 1997 GL has slipped since we got it at 30,000 miles, It now has over 279,000 miles and hasn't quit yet.

You can have the leak repaired or just keep adding ATF when needed. My transmission developed a leak a few months ago, and I will just add ATF when it gets low enough.