Thread: Transmission Hose Gosh Darn It!

Oh Yeah! dumps real quick! Good news is if you are cruising on the highway it dumps it so fast that the auto usually shuts down before any serious damage is done. Bad news for those behind you.

Trev.

TIP
If your tail gate has oily spots on the paint work, this can indicate a leak of oil or tranny fluid. It might not actually show up much on the road. But drips from leaks often get carried around under the chassis air stream and get caught in the air turbulence at the rear. A customer noticed some oily residue on my tail gate and commented I had a tranny leak.( I thought no)
I discovered it was engine oil from a leak at the rear of the valley gasket. After towing my boat the other day and grabbing the safety chain on the trailer I found part of the length had oil dripping from it. But most of the underneath of the Disco was oil free. So check your back door for signs of greasy residue

Well, a quick update.
Whilst the cooler lines were off at Enzed, I decided to take the opportunity to remove and replace the intercooler with a D2A intercooler and remove and clean the inlet manifold.
What a surprise! The removed intercooler was very very very sludgy! Not just a little oily or a little carbony but a lot sludgy. Even though I was replacing it we cleaned it out just to see how dirty it was. We flushed degreaser through it for a solid 10 min before the degreaser come out relatively clean.

The manifold actually had little stalagtites of carbon and a thick coating of sludge. We ended up soaking it overnight in brakleen to dissolve the carbon then spun a 'bottle brush' through it repeatedly in the degreaser bath.

I'll get the lines back tomorrow, re-assemble and see how she goes. I expect the build up may have contributed to a bit of my annoying lag.

I'll report in again tomorrow night

Some may ask why I chose to have the cooler lines remanufactured instead of replaced. A long story, but the franchise I use for other stuff has actually done a few TD5's including one of their employees. They warrant their work and actually replace the rubber and use new fittings. PM if you want details or cost.

Cheers
Ralph