I'm not sure what's wrong
but I blew the tranny pan gasket
and I mean catastrophic gasket failure, there are pieces hanging off the side of the pan
I'm not sure what caused this but I believe I have a coolant circulating problem STILL
I changed out the thermostat and with the radiator cap off and the truck running it does not appear to be flowing well, if at all
the fan is turning and the truck seems to run good with no mysterious noises
I was told by a NAPA guy that if I blew a head gasket it would prevent the coolant from circulating
If I'm not mistaken, then I would have coolant mixed in with my oil, I checked the dipstick and no evidence of that
Also wouldn't the truck run like garbage then?
I bought a new pan gasket and filter but I don't want to waste my time to fix it and it happens again because of some other problem.
somebody help me please!
Thanks,
Ryan
2007-09-07 09:11:53 · 4 answers · asked by stikclik 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Chevrolet
Sounds like you need a new radiator. The radiator can stop coolant circulation as well as tranny fluid circulation, causing both your problems.
2007-09-07 09:20:12 · answer #1 · answered by soaplakegirl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I own a shop, and what I would do is this. Go purchase a cooler for your transmission, and disconnect it from the radiator, and run the lines to the cooler which attaches in front of the radiator. It should come with everything you need to eliminate the radiator from transmission cooling issue. This will solve the transmission problem. If your transmisson fluid is a milky to white kind of color, then you have big problems, and will have to get all of that coolant out of the transmission, or it will ruin the clutches in it. Since you can't get all the fluid out of a tranny, it will almost for sure go out on you, and you can expect to replace it very soon, if it has coolant in it.
The way to test for a blown head gasket, is to do a compression test on each cylinder to determine if any are down, and/or leaking into any of the other cylinders. You might want to also do a leak down test, to see if they are holding compression. I would remove the thermostat completely, and run the engine to see if its flowing then, if not; you have a plugged up radiator. With no thermostat in it, you should see it flowing as soon as you start it up, and as you rev up the engine it should really flow.
I have never seen one blow the pan gasket out on a transmission. I'm not saying it couldn't happen, but I have never seen it. The wrong water pump on one, will make the coolant flow the wrong way in the radiator if its for one that uses a regular belt instead of the serpentine belt, as in the water pump turns backwards when compared to each other.
Glad to help out, Good Luck!!!
2007-09-08 03:46:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
earlier you spend various money pull the precise bracket that holds the Radiator and seem between the radiator and AC grill and eliminate each and all the junk that builds up between. I try this each 300 and sixty 5 days. while i offered my ninety 5 it replaced into over heating and that i bumped off junk that replaced into 0.5 the way up the radiator. to ascertain for a undesirable head gasket, first seem on the water contained in the radiator with the engine working, no air bubbles? reliable. air bubbles undesirable. gray foam on radiator cap, undesirable. seem for gray oil,that could be a demonstration of water.undesirable. seem on the oil filler cap for gray foam. that could be a demonstration of water.desire this enables.
2016-10-04 04:05:55 · answer #3 · answered by belvin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get another radiator or have the one you got cleaned an make sure you are using the correct tranny fluid,the tranny filter will sometimes cause the seal split to much pressure on it
2007-09-10 17:54:26 · answer #4 · answered by panthor001 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋