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Coolant mixed with Transmission Fluid
Posted by Scott [Email] (more from Scott) on Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:32:08
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I took my 2003 93SS Arc into the dealer today for what I thought would be routine service. Just an oil change. When the service technician drove off with my car, he noticed something odd about how the car moved into drive - something I had either not noticed, attributed to cold weather, or written off as a software issue. It was really just a very subtle hesitation when going into gear.
When the techs looked into the problem, they found that coolant had become mixed in with the transmission fluid. I'm not sure exactly how this happened - apparently the transmission fluid circulates through a part of the radiator and a seal between the portion of the radiator that handles engine coolant and the section that cools the transmission fluid failed, allowing the two to mix.
Apparently that is exceptionally bad news for all the seals in the transmission and would have envetually caused some kind of catastrophic transmission failure. The dealer is going to replace it, and the radiator. Fortunately I am at 40,000 miles and still under warranty.
When I asked the service tech about this, he mentioned having seen it a few other times. I was wondering if this has happened to other 93SS owners.
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