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

[Juillerat, Aaron J]

I had the exact same thing happen on a '90 tbird sc I had.  It was the day
of our wedding and my best man and I were running late trying to get
everything done.  We had to haul butt for what would normally be a 35 minute
drive.  We took the back roads and beat the car hard to make it in about 15
minutes or so.  When we pulled on to the highway about 3 miles from the
church my buddy had if floored and I a big plum of smoke came out from under
the car when we hit around 60 mph.  We kept on going and got to the church
in time.  The car ran fine and never did that again.  So anyway after that
babbling, Tom is on the right track I think as far as over heating causing
the issue.  Maybe add a tranny temp gauge to monitor what is going on.  It
may just be a fluke on that day it was hot enough out to overheat it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brent Running [mailto:brunningsho@verizonmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 12:23 PM
To: Alan Fanning; SHOtimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] FW: Looking for input re: a transmission issue on a
'98 SHO

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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