THIS IS A WEIRD ONE, MY TRANS STARTING WHINING AND NOT SHIFTING, I CHECKED THE FLUID AND IT WAS WATERY, I CHECKED THE COOLANT AND IT WAS PINK AND SMELLED LIKE TRANS FLUID, I FIGURED THE TRANS COOLER IN THE RADIATOR BLEW SO I GOT A NEW RADIATOR AND FLUSHED EVERYTHING, I PUT FLUID IN IT AND IT RAN DOWN THE STREET FINE THEN IT DID IT AGAIN, I CHECKED THE FLUID AND IT WAS WATERY AGAIN! AND THE TRANS FLUID WAS LOW, I CHECK THE COOLANT AND ITS GOT REANS FLUID IN IT AGAIN, SO I KNOW ITS NOT THE RADIATOR. I WAS WONDERING IF WHERE THE TRANS AND MOTOR ARE BOLTED TOGETHER IF IT COULD HAVE A LEAK OR SOMETHING THERE???? IM CLUELESS
I NEED SOME HELP ON WHAT THIS COULD BE.
FOR THOSE THAT WANT DETAILS ON THE CAR
2002 DODGE NEON 2.0 LITER
OH AND YES OF COURSE I DRAINED THE TRANS FLUID AND CLEANED IT UP.
2007-09-27 08:15:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
well no the trans fluid is not leaking on the ground, im not that dumb. and the radiator wasnt bought used or is a piece of junk and it wasnt cheap, but the answer of not getting all the water out sounds best and makes sense i will take another look and flush the coolant system again.
and sorry for the caps for those who make a big deal of nothing.
2007-09-27 08:35:34 · update #1
even though you replaced the radiator and had the system professionally flushed it does not get all the fluid out. as far as i know the only way to get all the fluid is to have the transmission taken out and have the torque converter cleaned and it might even be best to have the transmission disassembled so that all the fluid can be gotten out of the interior parts also.
2007-09-27 08:40:58 · answer #1 · answered by hermitofnorthdome 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like even though you did replace the radiator, that you got Global parts junk! The only way trans fluid can get into the radiator and water in the trans fluid is if the radiator is broken! Well the trans cooler part, which inside the radiator!
2007-09-27 08:24:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The transmission cooler is part of the radiator. The only possible point where these fluids can meet is in the radiator. There is simply no other way for coolant to get into the transmission. Ergo, the radiator is the problem.
2007-09-27 15:37:24 · answer #3 · answered by Naughtums 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First - turn off the caps, please.
Now...
I am not a mechanic, but I'm told that you can't drain ALL of the trans. fluid from an automatic transmission, so you probably left some water in there. I don't know how you get all of it out of the transmission - drop it and crack the case, maybe?
It's probably time to go to a transmission shop, though.
2007-09-27 08:20:57 · answer #4 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How do you know it is trans. fluid in the coolant? It might be oil, and your transmission fluid is just leaking onto the ground.
2007-09-27 08:23:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋