Sudden gear whirring noise

[ShoProud]

Help I was driving home (1995 mtx) in fourth accelerating up too 140km/hr and all of a sudden i hear this noise sounds like gears whirring, doesnt matter if its in gear or if the clutch is disengaged etc. made it to my driveway stopped car popped hood and smoke! its leaking some type of fluid out the bottom too. oh the motor isnt knocking or anything just that gear whirring sound. Tranny and 60k tune up done 5 months ago! I am pretty sure its bad but need ideas. I love my car and cant stand knowing i might of toasted it. Please help
Roger

 

[Toolman]

Is the fluid trans fluid? How does the car shift? How does the clutch pedal feel?

 

[Racer X]

Remove the fill plug at the front of the transmission and insert your finger. Feel downwards as far as you can.

If you don't hit transmission fluid, there's a pretty good chance you're looking at a diff pin ***********.

Sorry man.

 

[ShoProud]

Oil

it looks dark like motor oil, it still drives and shifts, could it be the power steering pump or rack, im gonna really check it out tomorrow as its too dark out right now, but when it happened i shifted into 5th 4th etc no problem, the noise doesnt seem to change whether the clutch is in or not, it got quieter when i slowed down and came to a stop and it doesnt sound like a lower end knock,it does sound like it comes from the tranny and the fluid leaking out is everywhere underneath so its hard to pinpoint right now.

 

[mosho93]

Power steering line? Did you check to see how much fluid was in the reservoir tank?

 

[vortex2450]

The good thing about fluids is they are all different and usually look/smell different as well, shouldn't take you too long to determine the leaky fluid and start diagnosing the issue..