collegeboy13
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Hello everyone, is there any way besides through the dipstick tube and submersing the car that water could get into the tranny?
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Water in the Transmission
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Johnny Langton
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Through a leaking OE trans cooler in the radiator's endtank.
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collegeboy13
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Ya, the thing is that I suspect sabotage from a shop I took it too. The radiator and cooler are fine, no coolant loss.
Stonecoldtx
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Hi, collegeboy13--
While you might THINK that the radiator and transmission cooler are "fine", I would bet dollars to doughnuts that they aren't.
You will need to take the radiator to a shop and have it pressure tested. And by that, I mean remove it from the car and take it to a radiator shop where they can perform a test on it.
I can almost guarantee that it's the cooler--I've had it fail on me on a couple of cars I've owned, and I've seen it and repaired it on several other (customer) cars over the years, and while it's rare, it's not THAT rare.
While you might THINK that the radiator and transmission cooler are "fine", I would bet dollars to doughnuts that they aren't.
You will need to take the radiator to a shop and have it pressure tested. And by that, I mean remove it from the car and take it to a radiator shop where they can perform a test on it.
I can almost guarantee that it's the cooler--I've had it fail on me on a couple of cars I've owned, and I've seen it and repaired it on several other (customer) cars over the years, and while it's rare, it's not THAT rare.
collegeboy13
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This is not the case, the radiator and cooler ARE fine, a shop monitored the lines, this is not what happened.
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Stonecoldtx
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This is not the case, the radiator and cooler ARE fine, a shop monitored the lines, this is not what happened.-'94 Frost Green Mar
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I guess I'm a little confused about what you mean by, " . . . a shop monitored the lines . . ."
In what way were the lines "monitored"?
Exactly what about the lines were "monitored"?
The ONLY way to find out whether the cooler is indeed ruptured (as I feel it is), would be to do as I have suggested and take the radiator to a radiator shop, and have it TESTED.
They can actually pull the plastic tank off your radiator, unscrew the cooler and pressure test it.
Also, if you have coolant in the transmission (a simple chemical analysis would indicate whether or not this is the case), then there are only TWO ways that this could occur--if someone poured it into the transmission or if the cooler is leaking.
HOWEVER--that most likely take, at the very MINIMUM, a couple of weeks to receive the results from such a test, while having the cooler checked by a competant radiator shop would only take a few minutes to a couple of hours.
*IF* there is coolant in the transmission, and not just water, it would be nearly the smoking gun to tell you for sure that it is indeed the cooler (especially if it contains the same anti-freeze/water mixture levels as what is contained within the radiator).
Now, having said that, again *IF* there is coolant in the transmission, you're going to need to have that unit rebuilt, because coolant has a very detrimental effect on clutch linings, and all your clutches' and bands' friction material will start flaking off within just a few miles (I've seen the effects firsthand on transmissions I've rebuilt).
I strongly recommend that you do as I suggest and take your radiator to your friendly neighborhood radiator shop, if you want to get the issue resolved that is . . .
This is not the case, the radiator and cooler ARE fine, a shop monitored the lines, this is not what happened.-'94 Frost Green Mar
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I guess I'm a little confused about what you mean by, " . . . a shop monitored the lines . . ."
In what way were the lines "monitored"?
Exactly what about the lines were "monitored"?
The ONLY way to find out whether the cooler is indeed ruptured (as I feel it is), would be to do as I have suggested and take the radiator to a radiator shop, and have it TESTED.
They can actually pull the plastic tank off your radiator, unscrew the cooler and pressure test it.
Also, if you have coolant in the transmission (a simple chemical analysis would indicate whether or not this is the case), then there are only TWO ways that this could occur--if someone poured it into the transmission or if the cooler is leaking.
HOWEVER--that most likely take, at the very MINIMUM, a couple of weeks to receive the results from such a test, while having the cooler checked by a competant radiator shop would only take a few minutes to a couple of hours.
*IF* there is coolant in the transmission, and not just water, it would be nearly the smoking gun to tell you for sure that it is indeed the cooler (especially if it contains the same anti-freeze/water mixture levels as what is contained within the radiator).
Now, having said that, again *IF* there is coolant in the transmission, you're going to need to have that unit rebuilt, because coolant has a very detrimental effect on clutch linings, and all your clutches' and bands' friction material will start flaking off within just a few miles (I've seen the effects firsthand on transmissions I've rebuilt).
I strongly recommend that you do as I suggest and take your radiator to your friendly neighborhood radiator shop, if you want to get the issue resolved that is . . .