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jsanders jsanders
New User | Posts: 7 | Joined: 08/09
Posted: 09/28/09
12:54 PM

Got a trans cooler thats letting water in not all the time only after gets about 20 miles on it and its good and warm but no tranny fluid in the water. Pressure tested the rad and cooler it holds cold dont know about when warm cannt figure this one out. Could it be at the fittings

Thanks JD  

 
barneyformula barneyformula
Guru | Posts: 979 | Joined: 01/07
Posted: 09/28/09
01:50 PM

JD, if you are getting coolant in the transmission fluid, there is only one way it's getting there...thru the cooler in the rad. Try installing an add-on external trans cooler and bypassing the internal cooler in the rad. Otherwise you could take the rad to a rad repair shop and have a new cooler element installed. Be sure to flush out the trans fluid and change the filter.
Steve  
Trying to help... 'cause we don't all have to learn the hard way!

 
Pontiacman8 Pontiacman8
Guru | Posts: 1417 | Joined: 02/08
Posted: 09/28/09
02:30 PM

I second that.  
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