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Old 01-03-2009, 07:25 PM
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I was removing my trans from my car and left it over night and fluid leaked down my floor and soaked one of my DRs.

What do i do. i cleaned it off and used floor dry to help remove the oil from the rubber. is the tire ruined or will it be fine.

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The best way to tell, IMO is to put it on and give a decent run and hope to god it doesn't decide to pop or something stupid like that. I really don't see why tranny fluid would hurt it, but you never know.
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Originally Posted by Swift_01_z-28
The best way to tell, IMO is to put it on and give a decent run and hope to god it doesn't decide to pop or something stupid like that. I really don't see why tranny fluid would hurt it, but you never know.


Well my car is down and so is my brothers. so testing the tires is a no go.

The spot were it soaked was a little softer until i dried it up.
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I don't think it will hurt anything. I could be wrong, but I don't think so.
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personally i would prolly just spray some brake cleaner on the spot and wipe it down. that should get ride of any grease or residue.
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i would say smoke that tire up to remove that layer of rubber good
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Originally Posted by BadBandit69
personally i would prolly just spray some brake cleaner on the spot and wipe it down. that should get ride of any grease or residue.

that will also affect the rubber of the tire... even worse then the trans fluid.
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I put big o on a rag a wiped the tire down. i guess i will find out this spring. i didnt know if anyone has had this problem, if they had long term problems.
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usually a DR wont last long enough to have long term problems :-) No, but I wouldnt think it would hurt anything. I would do a nice smoky burnout through to try and burn the fluid out of the rubber once you get the car back up and running.
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Originally Posted by 01FbTaWs6
usually a DR wont last long enough to have long term problems :-) No, but I wouldnt think it would hurt anything. I would do a nice smoky burnout through to try and burn the fluid out of the rubber once you get the car back up and running.
Will do and will video tape it, hopefully it smokes more than normal.




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