Transmission lines keep "blowing"
We had a Remco lube pump installed on our 2003 Chevy Impala in summer 2009 & had towed for over 3 yrs w/no problems. Last spring we had a car fire due to a hole in a trans line to the lube pump. We ha...
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..You already posted on my thread talking about a similar issue.
Sounds like you're finding out the same thing I did - A Remco pump is a great product, and works great, WHEN PROPERLY INSTALLED. When it is not....Welllll, in my case you lose so much confidence in it, you end up buying a new vehicle that is flat towable from the factory. Haha, j/k. :)
Seriously, it does sound like your issues are mostly related to installation and are correctable, as mine were. Not really a fault of Remco, directly.
Your first incident, hose to fluid pump busting a leak: Where/how was that hose routed? Too close to a major heat source, by chance, or where its rubbing up against something, chaffing it? I've never heard of the 'input' line breaking, which is why I ask. That hose should almost never have a problem.
Second incident, and the ones after that: All sounds like its a result of a shop just not knowing right way to install hoses that carry tranny fluid under pressure.
My suggestion: Try and find an RV service shop that has technicians that are well experienced in lube pump installations and have done several of them. Have them look over and possibly re-do the entire installation if need be, to get it right. If there is a clog somewhere like a previous poster mentioned, they'll find that (and fix it), too.
Also, like I mentioned in my thread: Look into the possibility of just idling the vehicle when towing, and don't use that lube pump at all. Yeah, it wastes fuel and introduces other potential issues, but at least with that approach, you won't risk frying a transmission.
Sounds like you're finding out the same thing I did - A Remco pump is a great product, and works great, WHEN PROPERLY INSTALLED. When it is not....Welllll, in my case you lose so much confidence in it, you end up buying a new vehicle that is flat towable from the factory. Haha, j/k. :)
Seriously, it does sound like your issues are mostly related to installation and are correctable, as mine were. Not really a fault of Remco, directly.
Your first incident, hose to fluid pump busting a leak: Where/how was that hose routed? Too close to a major heat source, by chance, or where its rubbing up against something, chaffing it? I've never heard of the 'input' line breaking, which is why I ask. That hose should almost never have a problem.
Second incident, and the ones after that: All sounds like its a result of a shop just not knowing right way to install hoses that carry tranny fluid under pressure.
My suggestion: Try and find an RV service shop that has technicians that are well experienced in lube pump installations and have done several of them. Have them look over and possibly re-do the entire installation if need be, to get it right. If there is a clog somewhere like a previous poster mentioned, they'll find that (and fix it), too.
Also, like I mentioned in my thread: Look into the possibility of just idling the vehicle when towing, and don't use that lube pump at all. Yeah, it wastes fuel and introduces other potential issues, but at least with that approach, you won't risk frying a transmission.
