Good afternoon,
I have a 1996 Ford Explorer 4.0 2wd with about 110,000 miles. It runs great and I've never had any problems with it, other than having the A/C redone. I had a complete transmission service done about 10,000 miles ago and it's never leaked and works perfectly. About a week ago, I left my house in the morning, and about 2 blocks later, I was pulling away from a stop sign and it had a slight slip. I went back home and checked under the car for leaks, and checked the fluid. It was low, so I added about 12 oz. and it worked fine after that. A couple of days later, the same thing happened. Again, it was low on fuid, but no visible leak anywhere. I decided to check my coolant, and found transmission fluid in my radiator. ??? There is no coolant in the transmission fluid, but there is transmission fluid in the radiator. ? The radiator has had a small leak for quite some time, but never really got much worse. I've owned a lot of cars over the years, but never heard of this before. Could this have anything to do with a bad radiator ?
Thank you
I have a 1996 Ford Explorer 4.0 2wd with about 110,000 miles. It runs great and I've never had any problems with it, other than having the A/C redone. I had a complete transmission service done about 10,000 miles ago and it's never leaked and works perfectly. About a week ago, I left my house in the morning, and about 2 blocks later, I was pulling away from a stop sign and it had a slight slip. I went back home and checked under the car for leaks, and checked the fluid. It was low, so I added about 12 oz. and it worked fine after that. A couple of days later, the same thing happened. Again, it was low on fuid, but no visible leak anywhere. I decided to check my coolant, and found transmission fluid in my radiator. ??? There is no coolant in the transmission fluid, but there is transmission fluid in the radiator. ? The radiator has had a small leak for quite some time, but never really got much worse. I've owned a lot of cars over the years, but never heard of this before. Could this have anything to do with a bad radiator ?
Thank you
Dec 3, 2012 at 8:41 PM
