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Originally Posted by MDimitri
Talk about bad flippin luck! I ordered a new tranny cooler last week so that I could separate my tranny fluid from my Rad, the tranny cooler was slated to arrive on Wednesday April 11th and I have the truck scheduled to go in and get that installed along with some other minor items. Last night I took my two boys out to see the movie called The Robinsons, as we left the theatre I noticed a slight lag in the tranny shifting, right after that I saw a message come up on the display stating that my engine coolant is low...well I don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out what just happened. I got home okay due to the fact the theatre was only 4 miles away from the house. My question is what can I do now? Warranty is no longer available...Tranny is okay, it did not seize nor did I loose any shifting ability. I will more than likely need to replace all the hose's with new ones and have both the tranny and Rad flushed completely, I will also replace the Coolant resevoir due to it honeycomb construction of the inside bottom. I of course will have the tranny cooler installed and seal off the tranny coolant lines from the Rad. Do you guy's think this will be sufficient? or will I have to replace the transmission? I have read quite a bit about this occuring when an improper mixture of Dexcool and water is used, it should always be a mix of 50% - 50% Dexcool and Distilled Water, not regular water from a tap, what I am wondering about is when the dealership maintained the coolant levels did they use the distilled water or did they use regular water? I have read alot about class action cases involving Dexcool, does anyone know what the outcomes have been? Has there been some kind of TSB issued or recall? As far as I have read there have been well over 2600 cases of this happening with my year of truck.
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Don't worry too much about the distilled water thing, not really that big of a deal. For the rest, just flush the engine, flush the trans, replace the reservoir and the hoses, and hope for the best. Water/coolant will actually delaminate the friction material off the clutch discs in the trans, so the sooner you get it flushed out of there the better. Your trans will most likely be OK, but only time will tell on that one. BTW, have it towed to the shop too.