Oil Cooler Lines? And Tranny Vomit?

[dichdoc]

1989 Chevy 2500 350 4x4 auto, my welding/plow truck. I backed it up yesterday shut it off and got out. Heard a gurgeling noise and looked under to find about an 8" puddle of oil. I assumed the Oil cooler (which had been leaking) let loose but after sliding under and looking it appears the "oil" was tranny fluid and came from a vent hose coming from the top of the tranny it dripped onto the drive shaft and shift linkage. Any thoughts on what that would be?

 

second: I decided to fix the oil cooler leak and got a new gasket set. I broke one of the small plastic clips that hold the "quick disconnect" lines in place (it was one year old) I bought a new thread in fitting with the plastic clip in it and replaced it. I just pushed the tube in and now I have a leak there. Should I have taken everything out of the fitting and put it on the tube first? I'm seriously toying with the idea of having threaded hoses made up to replace these POS things! Travis

[minibike132]

1989 Chevy 2500 350 4x4 auto, my welding/plow truck. I backed it up yesterday shut it off and got out. Heard a gurgeling noise and looked under to find about an 8" puddle of oil. I assumed the Oil cooler (which had been leaking) let loose but after sliding under and looking it appears the "oil" was tranny fluid and came from a vent hose coming from the top of the tranny it dripped onto the drive shaft and shift linkage. Any thoughts on what that would be?

 

 

Check the level of the trans fluid, is it overfull? Check the coolant level is it low. While you look at the trans level does the trans fluid look like good clean trans fluid or is it pink and foamy? If your trans pukes out fluid there are 3 reasons I can think of.

 

 

• cooler leak at the radiator causing an overfill condition

   

• extreme trans overheat condition (abuse or low coolant can cause this)

   

• a plugged vent system

   

 

 

Check the trans fluid for contamination and the coolant level and get back to us.

[sonoramike]

+1 plugged vent, been there

[Mike G]

second: I decided to fix the oil cooler leak and got a new gasket set. I broke one of the small plastic clips that hold the "quick disconnect" lines in place (it was one year old) I bought a new thread in fitting with the plastic clip in it and replaced it. I just pushed the tube in and now I have a leak there. Should I have taken everything out of the fitting and put it on the tube first? I'm seriously toying with the idea of having threaded hoses made up to replace these POS things! Travis

 

Did you get the old O-ring off of the tube before you slipped it into the new fitting. For as simple as the design is, those things are the biggest PITA I have run into in a while. Since you have a spare fitting now, at least you can thread match for your hoses, that would be a sweet deal.

--Mike