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Re: cooling problems [Re: HealthServices] #62906 05/24/08 08:11 PM 05/24/08 08:11 PM
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Anonymous OP Unregistered A	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??

Re: cooling problems #62907 05/24/08 08:15 PM 05/24/08 08:15 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 7,759 So Cal HealthServices Why would you even post that?
HealthServices Why would you even post that? Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 7,759 So Cal	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.

Re: cooling problems #62908 05/24/08 08:17 PM 05/24/08 08:17 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 7,759 So Cal HealthServices Why would you even post that?
HealthServices Why would you even post that? Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 7,759 So Cal	Quote: 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?? It is possible that the tranny fluid in the coolant is preventing the coolant from cooling properly but it could be another problem too. 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.

Re: cooling problems [Re: HealthServices] #62909 05/25/08 01:28 AM 05/25/08 01:28 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	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. live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: cooling problems [Re: RapidRobert] #62910 05/25/08 02:19 AM 05/25/08 02:19 AM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,472 Overland Park, KS. J Joshs68 pro stock
Joshs68 pro stock J Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,472 Overland Park, KS.	I would drain the trans just to be safe.

Re: cooling problems [Re: Joshs68] #62911 05/25/08 07:22 AM 05/25/08 07:22 AM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,118 Alone in the darkness gamagoat6x6 super street
gamagoat6x6 super street Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,118 Alone in the darkness	Quote: I would drain the trans just to be safe. And make the shop that screwed up the radiator pay for the fluid/filter. `02 RAM2500 SPORT V10 4x4 `06 GMC sierra NO cars

Re: cooling problems [Re: gamagoat6x6] #62912 05/25/08 10:43 AM 05/25/08 10:43 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,251 Slidell, LA Ronnman pro stock
Ronnman pro stock Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,251 Slidell, LA	While you have the radiator out for repair pull the thermostat out and place in a pot with water. Heat the water to see if the thermostat is opening. Preferably place a thermometer in the water to see what temp it opens at. Also, drill a 1/8" hole on the flat surface next to the thermostat valve. This allows easier filling and air bubbles to pass thru from the block to the radiator. I do this with all my thermostats. Ron

Re: cooling problems [Re: Ronnman] #62913 05/25/08 11:09 AM 05/25/08 11:09 AM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,906 IL, Aurora A ademon master
ademon master A Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,906 IL, Aurora	When you get it all together, leave the t-stat out and add a couple cupfulls of simple green or something close and water to the rad and run for 5 min and flush, do this several times, you may still have trace amounts of oil in your coolant though.

Re: cooling problems [Re: ademon] #62914 05/25/08 06:34 PM 05/25/08 06:34 PM
A Anonymous OP Unregistered
Anonymous OP Unregistered A	thanks for all the suggestions. I'm going to take the radiator back to him tuesday, I'll post my findings.

Re: cooling problems #62915 05/27/08 09:41 AM 05/27/08 09:41 AM
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Anonymous OP Unregistered A	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.

Re: cooling problems #62916 05/27/08 10:53 AM 05/27/08 10:53 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,299 Omaha Ne T TJP I Live Here
TJP I Live Here T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,299 Omaha Ne	I'd ask the radiator shop why they didn't "PRESSURE IT UP" before giving it to you. BS they screwed up should be their dime www.tandmautomotive-omaha.com

Re: cooling problems #62917 05/28/08 12:19 AM 05/28/08 12:19 AM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 247 DuPont, Washington D DZJim enthusiast
DZJim enthusiast D Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 247 DuPont, Washington	Quote: 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.

Re: cooling problems [Re: DZJim] #62918 05/29/08 10:08 AM 05/29/08 10:08 AM
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Anonymous OP Unregistered A	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.

Re: cooling problems #62919 06/02/08 05:31 PM 06/02/08 05:31 PM
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Anonymous OP Unregistered A	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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