jg09
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- Joined
- Jan 9, 2010
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- Location
- Everson, WA
- Vehicle Year
- 1991, 1992
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
Last August, I blew up my Explorer's transmission when I was out four-wheeling. I overheated it and heard a loud pop. After getting unstuck from my position, I noticed that the truck was leaking boiling tranny fluid pretty fast. I lost all the fluid in about 2 or 3 minutes. I collected some in the bottom of an energy drink can and found it was blackened and burnt smelling.
So I parked the truck for a while and finally looked at it yesterday. All the fluid came out between the engine and tranny. there's a gaskety, metal looking thing between the two. my question is, should it be seperated at the bottom? mine is, and that's where all the fluid leaked out. but the edges are rounded and don't look broken, and theres an indentation in the block that looks like it's been seperated for a while. Are other A4LD/4.0 combos like this?
So I parked the truck for a while and finally looked at it yesterday. All the fluid came out between the engine and tranny. there's a gaskety, metal looking thing between the two. my question is, should it be seperated at the bottom? mine is, and that's where all the fluid leaked out. but the edges are rounded and don't look broken, and theres an indentation in the block that looks like it's been seperated for a while. Are other A4LD/4.0 combos like this?