Help New trans/converter wont hold fluid
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Help New trans/converter wont hold fluid
I put around 250-300 miles on it and out of nowhere it just started puking all the fluid out of where the trans bolts to the motor. Its a xtreme performance street/strip trans and a circle d 4c converter, I'm running a b&m 24k cooler mounted dope style. I had it towed to the trans shop that installed it and they said it got too hot and melted a seal but I dont know how it would since I never ran it without a cooler. Here are some pics
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yea it turned blueish and had a ring around the inside where it looked like it might have burned through. They said it was kinda tight going in but nothing they havent seen before, but it was a bitch to get out. I dont know if the bushing is still there they are taking the pump off this morning
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All the parts are at the trans shop, they are trying to figure out if it was the trans or converter, pm me if you want the trans shop's number so you could talk to them more about it, Im a total newb when it comes to autos
edit: This is my DD and its killin me not having a car, its been at the trans shop since monday
edit: This is my DD and its killin me not having a car, its been at the trans shop since monday
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I talked to the guy at the transmission shop and he said he will measure the hub of the stock converter vs the aftermarket one. He said that on install the converter went in kind of tight. Sorry this had to happen to you, but we will help you on resolving this problem.
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Do you have a trans temp gauge?
I have A converter and the same cooler mounted to the condenser right in front of the pass side fan and the temps are set to turn on earlier to draw air through it.
It still gets too hot for my liking driving around not on the highway.
City type driving in 15 minutes is up to 200 at least.
FWIW I ran at the track with the stock converter 6 times from 12.9 down to 12.6 back to back, non stop and it built up to 210 by the last run. I can't wait to see what temp the new converter runs at.
I have A converter and the same cooler mounted to the condenser right in front of the pass side fan and the temps are set to turn on earlier to draw air through it.
It still gets too hot for my liking driving around not on the highway.
City type driving in 15 minutes is up to 200 at least.
FWIW I ran at the track with the stock converter 6 times from 12.9 down to 12.6 back to back, non stop and it built up to 210 by the last run. I can't wait to see what temp the new converter runs at.
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All the parts are at the trans shop, they are trying to figure out if it was the trans or converter, pm me if you want the trans shop's number so you could talk to them more about it, Im a total newb when it comes to autos
edit: This is my DD and its killin me not having a car, its been at the trans shop since monday
edit: This is my DD and its killin me not having a car, its been at the trans shop since monday
The hub should measure 1.750. The hub is a piece I buy, not something I make 1 by 1.
Chris
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Well I see you saw it I noticed the bushing in the pick and was reading down through all of this and then saw the answer, So damn after all that reading I felt a need to say something useless.
But Seriously it happens and looks like just bad luck.
But Seriously it happens and looks like just bad luck.
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Sorry to hear about your luck, it happens man....could have been worse though. When I fried my last tranny, the car was down for about a month . Hopefully it's not too bad internally. On the bright side, it looks like Xtreme trans and Circle D are taking good care of you. We're very fortunate to have the wonderful sponsors we have!!