Re: trans fluid in the radiator??

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Joe <jgray_55@xxxxxxxxx>
" 
" Core was rotted bad...so i took
" the one from my other 67 Ambassasdor (343 car) to the
" rad shop. It pressure tested/flow tested fine,he also
" flushed it out. I installed it Thursday night after
" the visitation at the funeral home..BUT...after
" warming it all up and cooling it down...it "appears"
" to have a layer of red tranny fluid floating on top of
" the coolant in the top tank! I Assume the in tank
" tranny cooler blew out...BUT I DID NOT have the heart
" to see if the tranny fluid was milky!!I had added two
" bottles of CarQuest anti rust to the coolant (looks
" white). The tranny was rebuilt a few years ago...works
" really super (at-least it "DID"). My luck keeps getting
" WORSE lately. Any suggestions "IF" i see milky tranny
" fluid? 

i think if you attend to it promptly you'll get away with just a fluid
change.  a tranny flush would be good, if you can find a place that
isn't a bunch of hammerheads.

it's entirely possible that tranny pressure is higher than coolant
pressure at that point, and the leak was one way.
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