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

[Bob]

In the absence of leaks, I would suspect that the torque converter is not
locking up.  This would cause the fluid to be heated and is one of the
reasons why torque converters lock.  Normally, the tranny fluid is cooled be
the air flowing around it and by an element that runs in front of the
radiator.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Fanning
> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 3:35 PM
> To: SHOtimes
> Subject: [Shotimes] FW: Looking for input re: a transmission issue on a
> '98 SHO
>
>
> Anybody have some tranny advice for a fellow BaySHO member?
>
> Thanks,
>
>     Alan
>
> ------ Forwarded Message
> > 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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