[bigislandtinyfeet]

Yesterday blew a small hose front left hand under rim where connects to radiator and long long metal pin pipe.
Long story short.

Pulled over after lost pick/gear acceleration…found transmission fluid all over inside of engine. Deduced the fan there most liquid around and that the source was a hairline fracture in the tubing. Removed tubing replaced tubing with same size of connections.

The gent who helped only had transmission fluid that wasn’t rated for foreign cars…. So was advised even tho it was a few ounces, to flush it.
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After finding leak and replacing tube, towed the car in neutral 15 miles.

So here’s the question I was told that I should check to see that there aren’t any metal filings in my transmission. I was told to drop the transmission pan look for metal shavings if there are none still proceed to drain all of the transmission fluid out, clean out transmission replace screen/filter

Is all this necessary? Change filter/screen if can, flush with the right transmission fluid, and return all cleaned out..

Mahalo

 

[wbflynn67]

Some oil pan plugs were magnetic to grab the shavings that will happen in normal wear and tear. You'll certainly notice if it's outside the norm, and you have issues. Not sure if the tranny plug is.

 

[bigislandtinyfeet]

Tranny plug bottom under radiator? It could be.. does that help?
I guess I am looking for ORDER OF OPERATIONS.


1. is it necessary to pull plug and bolt to drain.
2. once drained and I remove all and clean when replacing, how much extra is needed to flush?

 

[bigislandtinyfeet]

Update..got it apart littler to no shavings… so the gasket looks new - my thought process is this bought the car from a dealership three new bolts are on my pan. Meaning somebody check it out recently. If the gasket looks new, I assume the filter was new as well. Thoughts?

 

[wbflynn67]

That's some good detective work. Sounds like it's OK. You laid eyes on her, so if you're good with it, we're good with it. You theory does seem sound.

 

[bigislandtinyfeet]

Cleaned the entire pan. Removing the blk coating.. fresh pan. Replace screen filter..

 

[bigislandtinyfeet]

Yeppers- so all back together now…
Figuring how much I lost and replace. How to read the dip stick as well.
here’s to awesomeness. Thx for help today!

 

[bigislandtinyfeet]

Well up and running again I guess the next question is what should I look for as far as 170,000 miles and stuff like this happening. Needless to say only cars for 20 years and doing my own repairs they get harder each time however, I appreciate the forms like this and the people that never know how. Got this car from the dealership. It looks as if there was a break it was caused by a razor blade cut long story short only took out the one place in my whole time after I bought it don’t think I’ll be going there again.

 

[wbflynn67]

You'll get some good advice and suggestions here. It's a pretty cool crew.