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

[Brent Running]

Alan,

1. Clean radiator 2. Add cooler 3. Flush fluid, change ATX filter and fill with OE fluid.

If overheating trouble persists try a full synthetic fluid. 

Please get back to us with what Tom tries and how it worked.

Brent
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Fanning" <Awfanning@earthlink.net>
To: SHOtimes <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Shotimes] FW:  Looking for input re: a transmission issue on a '98 SHO
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 15:35:12 -0700

> 
> Anybody have some tranny advice for a fellow BaySHO member?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>      Alan
> 
> ------ Forwarded Message
> > From: Tom Keim <tomkeim@sbcglobal.net>
> > Reply-To: <baysho@lists.milleredp.com>
> > 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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