1997 Chevy Blazer Fluid in the cooling system

1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER
167,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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RONNIETHUNDER
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Is it possible for transmission fluid to be going into my cooling system. For weeks i put fluid in and i constatnly need more..but never see a drop on the ground..until car overheated today and cooloing sytem is full of brown oily smelling sludge.
Nov 19, 2008 at 4:26 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

the only place this can happen is if the trans cooler in the radiator has a leak, check for this and check for water in the transmission as well.

mark (mhpautos)
Nov 19, 2008 at 5:21 PM
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