ok so today i got to work and decided to play in the snow. got it buried in a snowbank, and i was pullin out when a guy i work with was like "STOP STOP FLUID FLUID" i shut it right down, and look and i have tranny fluid all over the ground.

I found it was the 4 in. rubber line that goes to the radiator blew out. So the guy i work with lets me use his truck, and i get what i need. got Castrol full synthetic atf4. (60 bucks i got 8 quarts) replaced everything.

got it filled with fluid, and cycled the gears so the fluid could reach each gear. held it in each gear for 10 seconds. then i let it warm up, then i do donuts trying to see if it would blow again, and sure enough it did.

figured they gave me the wrong size line, and they did. replaced it again, and spent another 60 bucks on fluid. drove it about 20 miles and it shifted mint. no hesitations or anything, so i thought all was good.

got home and they plowed my fiancees maxima in, i back into the snowbank to pull it out, and i got stuck. threw it in 4x and gave her some, and i stopped just to see if i was leaking, and sure enough it blew off again, and its the right size line.

is there a problem with anything? its only when the rpms get to about 4K that it blows out, but when i changed it the second time, i tried to have it do it again. put it in reverse got it up to 4500 rpms, and forwards at 4500 rpms and it didnt blow. but in the driveway it blew again. so on top of the fluid i have to buy yet again, what else am i going to have to buy to fix this?

also what i mean by "blow out" is it shoots right off the prong thats on the radiator. the clamp is all the way tightened as well

 

Is there a flare or barbed end on that prong coming off the radiator? If not that could be the problem letting the fluid get past. If all else fails try bypassing the radiator all together and get a trans cooler.

Dave

 

there is a barbed piece but its about halfway up. and i could not get the 5/16 line to get over it. the line that was on it originally (same line since i bought it.) was never over the barbed piece but it never blew. now its blowing every time the rpms get up there

 

You said you had a line that was to big? Hopefully you dint throw that away, try putting the bigger line back on and shoving it over the barb and tightin it down and see if that stops it.

Dave

 

could it have anything to do with the checkvalve? the barb is there for that reason (keep the hose from comming off)

 

no i didnt throw away the line for it was brand new and you never know when you need hosing.

ill try to get the 5/16 over the barb, if not ill get the bigger line over it, and hopefully problem will be solved

 

QUIT DOING BURNOUTS! lol Sorry, Had to say it.

 

i wasnt doing burnouts, i was getting myself stuck in the snow lol

 

Is this with the stock line of did you do a check valve elimination?

 

no i havent done the check valve delete.

and many are going to think im stupid, but when i though the line broke in my driveway, it didnt lol. i had so much fluid that srayed the bumper and stuff underneath, when i burried it, the snow "wiped it off" making it look like it was leaking again. i didnt open the hood when the last time happened for there was enough on the ground to just say yup it blew again.

and i yanked my fiancees car out of the snow, was in 4L and pulled it through a 4 foot snowbank. and i tached it almost to 5K, and nothing was leaking so im good lol.