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TOWED AWAY Trans Fluid
5:45 this morning foggy and dark the transmission felt like it went to neutral then back to drive, a few seconds later i'm at a red light and smoke is coming from the car. Had to get the car out of that intersection, pulled off the road and we are REALLY smoking now. It's totally dark and foggy to boot and of course there is not a flashlight in the car (note to self put a flashlight of some sort in all vehicles). Opened the hood couldn't tell where the smoke was coming from. By the time the tow truck arrived i could see trans fluid on the ground. Waiting for the bad news right now.
Anybody want to guess what happened. Transmission line burst? The puddle was under the front of the vehicle
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HENRY 92 SVX Claret(No More) 12 Camaro ZL1 89 Yamaha FJ1200 07 Yamaha FJR1300 "GO RAVENS" |
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Sounds like your power steering line burst. Was it difficult for you to turn the wheel when you pulled over to the side?
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Tim 92 Liquid Silver SVX 5MT 2009 BMW Z4 (Gone) 2012 Camry V6 SE |
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sounds like you may have lost a tranny line.... I would look at the bright side and hope that maybe it was something stupid and nothing got damaged
Tom |
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I don't think it was the power steering hose because the steering was fine. Tom i'm hoping just a trans line can be replaced and i'm back on the road.....
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HENRY 92 SVX Claret(No More) 12 Camaro ZL1 89 Yamaha FJ1200 07 Yamaha FJR1300 "GO RAVENS" |
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The same thing happened to me a month back. One of the wormgear clamps failed and the trans cooler line popped off. Another clamp and a gallon of fluid later, everything was great
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Dave - 03 Baja - 92 SVX - 86 Brat - 08 OB 3.0 |
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Hocrest your right on it that is exactly what i was just told that a clamp from the cooler lines failed. Now lets hope nothing was damged.........How accessible was that repair..........
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HENRY 92 SVX Claret(No More) 12 Camaro ZL1 89 Yamaha FJ1200 07 Yamaha FJR1300 "GO RAVENS" Last edited by rvnmaniac; 10-18-2007 at 07:15 AM. |
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You may want to take the chance to upgrade to Genuine Subaru Clamps.
The same night a worm almost killed my tranny, a guy on another subaru board lost the engine on his XT6 due to a failing worm clamp leading to his engine oil cooler
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Dave - 03 Baja - 92 SVX - 86 Brat - 08 OB 3.0 |
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of you had a clamp fail goto subaru and get the original clamps as they dont have a tendency to fail as much also make sure the lines to the rad cooler are in good shape hope your tranny is still ok
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William |
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how ever i dislike the band style because i cut through my radiator hose once using one of them.
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1991 xt6 eg33? 1993 gc track car Last edited by jeffast; 10-18-2007 at 06:30 PM. |
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So was the hose already crap or did you turn it too tight??
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Dave - 03 Baja - 92 SVX - 86 Brat - 08 OB 3.0 |
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So far trans seems to be okay and shifting fine. Hopefully it remains that way. Drove it home yesterday and to work today.......
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HENRY 92 SVX Claret(No More) 12 Camaro ZL1 89 Yamaha FJ1200 07 Yamaha FJR1300 "GO RAVENS" |
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