Thanks for the heads-up on that, Hector. I have a GW ATF cooler, installed a couple months ago, and am getting underneath the van this weekend, hopefully, to install a temp sender. I'll check the endplates at the time. No sign of leakage on the ground at this time, anyways. -- RJS On Sun, 2011-07-17 at 18:58 -0400, Hector Zapata wrote: > A few months ago I finished an overhauling on Ursula, replacing everything > related to fuel and cooling systems, engine and automatic transmission oil > coolers, a/c hoses, etc. Two weeks ago I had to drive a couple hundred miles > round trip, and noticed the transmission was siliping. Checked the fluid and > had to add two pints, and a quart when I got home. This week the leak was > worse, but I couldn't find where it was coming from until today, when I had > the van up in ramps, and degreased the tranny area, and checked the cooler > hoses. Everything was tight when I checked them, so I started the engine, > the oil cooler itself was leaking big time. So I lowered the thing, > re-started the engine, and the leaks were coming from both ends, turned out > all the bolts holding the end caps to the cooler bodt were loose, ALL OF > THEM. If you recently installed one of these, please check it when you get a > chance, I spent a lot of money on transmission fluid and risked burning the > tranny, since this is my only vehicle at the moment. > > Hector > 1990 Carat 'Ursula' > 203,000+ miles on original engine |
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