Good Morning Jeep

97JEEPTJ · Post by **97JEEPTJ** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:43 pm

I don't know where the hell it came from, or what the hell caused it. Doesn't look like straight ATF, looks like ATF and water. And check out the bottom of the bellhousing........green......

Post by **shmoken875** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:18 pm

jake you're getting close to take the title for worst luck from nick, sell that heep.

97JEEPTJ · Post by **97JEEPTJ** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:08 pm

So I checked the trans fluid level (cold, obviously) and it is super high......

Would that make sense because it is cold and not warmed up? Or should it read lower than if it were running warm?

I added about 3/4 qt of ATF after installing the radiator and aux cooler because the trans fluid level was low. With that, while checking with the engine running and in neutral, it was just a bit above the minimum level.

Post by **BadnewsCJ** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:11 pm

97JEEPTJ wrote:So I checked the trans fluid level (cold, obviously) and it is super high......

Would that make sense because it is cold and not warmed up? Or should it read lower than if it were running warm?

I added about 3/4 qt of ATF after installing the radiator and aux cooler because the trans fluid level was low. With that, while checking with the engine running and in neutral, it was just a bit above the minimum level.

nope...level should rise on the dipstick as the atf heats up. it should read lower when its cold.

97JEEPTJ · Post by **97JEEPTJ** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:13 pm

Sweet. I guess I am looking at some blockage somewhere in the lines.

Would it be extremely stupid of me to start it up?

I need to call the shop that rebuilt it. It wasn't leaking anywhere near where I was working on things.

And it is weird that it would have done that after the engine was shut off.

Post by **Trailduster79** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:24 pm

You need to start it up and check it with the tranny in neutral. There will be less fluid in the pan when it is running and warm than sitting and cold.

Post by **Stinson** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:10 pm

god damn when will you people learn........get a toyota

But for real you have some bad luck

97JEEPTJ · Post by **97JEEPTJ** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:46 pm

Stinson wrote:god damn when will you people learn........get a toyota

But for real you have some bad luck

That's good. :lol2:

I started the Jeep up and let it run for a while warming up. Trans fluid was low (obviously with the puddle). No signs of any leaks while it was running. I'm going to go and check outside to see if I have a swimming pool's worth of ATF on the garage floor now.........

Nothing new, just the old puddle.

Going to take it in on Friday to the Transmission shop that rebuilt my trans in September.

Post by **bullydog** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:38 pm

I think you got a leak in your atf cooler which is probably in your radiator

97JEEPTJ · Post by **97JEEPTJ** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:52 pm

bullydog wrote:I think you got a leak in your atf cooler which is probably in your radiator

Well yeah, the atf cooler is at the bottom of the radiator. There is also an auxiliary transmission cooler up front.

The thing is, the puddle is nowhere near any of that.

Post by **bullydog** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:54 pm

pressure from the radiator can push antifreeze into the lines if there is a leak inside. Which could have flooded the transmission with to much fluid and blow out the front seal. It probably wouldnt leak anymore untill the radiator gets hot enough to make some pressure.

97JEEPTJ · Post by **97JEEPTJ** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:58 pm

bullydog wrote:pressure from the radiator can push antifreeze into the lines if there is a leak inside. Which could have flooded the transmission with to much fluid and blow out the front seal. It probably wouldnt leak anymore untill the radiator gets hot enough to make some pressure.

Gotcha, I can understand that. Hopefully that is not the case, but I may be fucked by that damn radiator.

I'm loving it.

Post by **Arya Ebrahimi** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 8:05 am

I think bullydog is on to something.

Had a similar thing happened to my dad's XJ when I was kid and from my childhood memories I think the tranny cooler in the radiator was the problem.

97JEEPTJ · Post by **97JEEPTJ** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:21 am

Well it's at the transmission shop.

97JEEPTJ · Post by **97JEEPTJ** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:12 pm

Got the Jeep back. The shop said that a breather hose slipped off, and caused the mess. This breather hose they speak of was not installed in the first place when they re-built the transmission. So they put one on that extends into under the hood with a one way valve on the end (just like axle breather tubes), and added some ATF.