Re: trans fluid in the radiator??

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Sandwich Maker wrote:

> 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.

That's a tall order these days! :-)

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

The trans "cooler" is rarely much more than a metal line run
through the bottom tank; it's not soldered sheetmetal like the
water side of the radiator. Almost certainly, the trans leak was a
corrosion pinhole, vibration or other crack, etc, and is fairly
small; trans fluid was probably pushing into the radiator before
it blew. I bet nearly no radiator juice got into the trans.

I know you know the test -- run it hot, put in NEUTRAL (not park),
check the fluid... I know you're cringing from doing the test, I
would too!