[Shotimes] FW: Looking for input re: a transmission issue on a '98 SHO

[Alan Fanning]

Anybody have some tranny advice for a fellow BaySHO member?

Thanks,

    Alan

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> From: Tom Keim <tomkeim@sbcglobal.net>
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> Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 08:04:58 -0700 (PDT)
> To: <baysho@lists.milleredp.com>
> Subject: [baySHO] Looking for input re: a transmission issue on a '98 SHO
> 
> Hi all,
>  
> On July 4th, I was driving my '98 SHO along Rt 84 from San Gregorio towards
> Skyline Drive and Redwood City.  I had been on the road for a pretty solid
> hour or two, driving first up to SF and then down the coast and winding up the
> hilly terrain, I suddenly noticed smoke behind me.  I had no indication of
> trouble, engine ran fine, transmission wasn't slipping or acceleration
> reduced.  But I pulled over immediately.  There was fluid dripping from
> underneath and it was getting on the catalytic coverter and thus the smoke.
> To reduce the risk of doing more damage I called AAA and towed it to my most
> trusted mechanic.  They've had the car all week now and haven't been able to
> determine where the fluid is leaking from or how it got out....but the tranny
> fluid was about a quart low.  All other fluids were at the correct level.
>  
> The suggestion was that the transmission overheated and the fluid "boiled out"
> via the filler tube.  This raises some questions for me.  I'm fairly
> mechanically inclined and have done alot of work on cars and have a general
> sense of how their systems operate, but tranny's I know very little about.
> So, my questions:  How is tranny fluid kept cool?  What might cause the fluid
> to get too hot?  We are doing a fluid flush and will see how that affects the
> problem but I'm hesitant to think that is going to solve this issue....my
> thought is this is a sign that something else is in need of attention.
>  
> Perhaps someone out there has some ideas?  I'd rather figure it out now rather
> than pay dearly later having to replace the entire tranny.
>  
> Many thanks in advance.
>  
> Tom
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