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Actually there is no 'convertor gasket'. There is a well documented TSB regarding the front pump gasket. However, if they recently replaced the flex plate (flywheel) they could have damaged the front pump seal. The part I find peculiar is that it lasted five days before becoming a problem. If they had damaged it during the repair it normally would have shown up immediately. The only other idea that comes to mind is if they left the convertor-to-flexplate bolts/nuts loose, but that would have created a fair amount of noise before the seal let loose.
It would probably behoove you to be present when the transmission is removed, in order to see the cause of the leak for yourself.
Yup, tranny fluid on hot exhaust creates more smoke than a mosquito fogging truck in Key West. Just be glad the exhaust wasn't really hot, it could have lit up if it was. I've seen it happen several times in the Eisenhower Tunnel in Colorado. Cars lugging hard at high speed for ten miles or so then slow down to a crawl sometimes in the tunnels. No air to cool the car down at low speed so the heat continues to build and *flash* all heck breaks loose...
Beav
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