Where did my tranny fluid leaked from??
1999 F53 with 55k miles on it and a Ford V10 Traveled to the lake this weekend and all was fine until I got to the campsite and as I attempted to get close to the water I must have gone over a so...
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Lamoz,
What you are describing is a common issue with all automatic transmissions. You did leave a big puddle of ATF somewhere and yes, you did probably damage some clutches and bands.
All transmissions collect water and it only leaves when the temperature makes it leave.
What happens when drivers are not aware of the situation is that the water that is in the transmission plan can accumulate to the point that if the ATF in the pan gets to near boiling point (that day at that altitude) it can boil. When it boils, it expands about 1600 times. That is plenty to blow all the remaining fluid out of the pan.
Matt
What you are describing is a common issue with all automatic transmissions. You did leave a big puddle of ATF somewhere and yes, you did probably damage some clutches and bands.
All transmissions collect water and it only leaves when the temperature makes it leave.
What happens when drivers are not aware of the situation is that the water that is in the transmission plan can accumulate to the point that if the ATF in the pan gets to near boiling point (that day at that altitude) it can boil. When it boils, it expands about 1600 times. That is plenty to blow all the remaining fluid out of the pan.
Matt
