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Re: cooling problems
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05/24/08 08:11 PM
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if trans fluid keeps pumping into the rad then that explains why the level never drops? what exactly could have caused this and why would it make it run hot??
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Re: cooling problems
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05/24/08 08:15 PM
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Why would you even post that?
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Maybe depending on the amount of oil in the radiator.
Your radiator has a tank for the trans fluid to flow thru. This is to help warm the trans when cold and cool the trans fluid when it gets to operating temp. Sometimes there is a leak in the tank that causes contamination.
I would fix this first and see what your cooling situation is like afterwards
Allen
Here's a novel idea, let's not throw a bunch of parts at the car hoping it will fix the problem and instead spend a little time diagnosing it first.
Life was a little easier when I was just a wrench.
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Re: cooling problems
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05/25/08 01:28 AM
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with the factory trans cooler in the bottom of the rad leaking fluid into the cooling system I would 1st have the radiator shop make good on that & on the overheating my guess is either inadequate radiator, timing retarded or head gasket leaking into the coolant. Good Luck & share with us what it ends up being.
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Re: cooling problems
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05/25/08 06:34 PM
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thanks for all the suggestions. I'm going to take the radiator back to him tuesday, I'll post my findings.
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Re: cooling problems
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05/27/08 09:41 AM
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radiator shop tells me that my cooler must have a hole in it and that it would have had nothing to do with him recoring the radiator, I think hes full of it since before I took it to him it never had any trans fluid in it and the car doesnt even have 10 miles on everything.
I will be taking him the radiator in the morning and I'll see if he tries to charge me to make it right, he says he will have to pressure it up. I have also talked to another shop about flushing the trans and that will cost $140.
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Re: cooling problems
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05/28/08 12:19 AM
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radiator shop tells me that my cooler must have a hole in it and that it would have had nothing to do with him recoring the radiator, I think hes full of it since before I took it to him it never had any trans fluid in it and the car doesnt even have 10 miles on everything.
I will be taking him the radiator in the morning and I'll see if he tries to charge me to make it right, he says he will have to pressure it up. I have also talked to another shop about flushing the trans and that will cost $140.
Just for info, I think a quality shop would have caught the leak as a routine matter. I had my '72 radiator recored four years ago. I took it in because the filler neck was cracked at the rim. Shop owner does the radiators himself and lets his employees do the Air con work. He showed me where the trans cooler tube running through the lower tank was cracked and leaking. I never had any issues with the trans level going down or the cooling sys level going up, but I took the car to a shop and had the trans fluid replaced as a precaution. Recored, replaced filler neck and trans cooler tube. Works good four years later, 230,000 miles now.
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Re: cooling problems
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05/29/08 10:08 AM
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went down this morning to check it out and the trans cooler tube has a hole in it that appears to be from corrosion. Its on the bottom side so it wouldnt have been from him recoring it although I feel he should have caught this when he built it. I could have had a nice aluminum radiator in it for what I have in this thing.
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Re: cooling problems
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06/02/08 05:31 PM
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Bob at glen-ray radiators hooked me up with a new bottom tank and 15" cooler assy, nice guy to deal with.
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