OK !! ya ...IM new , already introduced myself ,, same old story , same old song . OD light flashing ,, and it could be for at least 5 different reasons ... mine is a long story ,, I will try to make it short ,... but this is weird . about 3 months ago , I .... (cough cough ) had MR. Lube , a drive through outfit , talk me into doing a pan drop , and I know that they did the engine oil change , but they conned me on the pan drop and even showed me a dummy pan with a clean magnet , and told me that they had no new filter or gasket , but they could use gasket compound and clean my filter . My ATF was dark but clear. Anyway , just a week ago , I did my own pan drop, with new gasket and filter , and I found the old original gasket on the tranny , and looks to be one of the reusable ones , but I installed the new one that came with my filter kit. I also found the magnet to be totally caked big time with crud .The color of my ATF is now 75% pink and smells great . I previously also sucked out 2 qts and replaced 1.5 qrts to perfect level, so I have about 6 out of 10 qrts changed . I have had the blinking OD on and of and yes it is after the tranny heats up ., before I did my own pan drop . So , after I was done , I went for a ride , 2.5 miles , in city , and whoa !! OD light starts blinking , so I stop, and turn off engine , then after 5 minutes I start engine , and check the ATF . Wen I pulled the dipstick ,, I felt a big rush of heat , and a burnt smell .
It was like the tranny monster jumped out and breathed on me !! So I clean the stick , and recheck , and , no heat , and also ATF smells great !! . So I continues on all the way to the west end of city , and I felt my truck running just amazingly beautiful with NO blinking OD light at all . Since then , I have drivin a lot in the city and still no OD blinking., but I have not been out on the highway yet , I figure that it will start blinking again , and that I need servo valve work .
What is weird is that now my engine temp gauge is not moving up from the zero mark but when I turn off the engine ,, the needle drops about 1/2 inch . Winter just suddenly moved in and temp went down below freezing .
Last night I went for smoke run , and the Brake light on dash gauge went on !! What ?? I got got brand new brakes , and I tested them to make sure that they worked. When I got to the store ,, my Brake warning light went out , upon engine shutdown but it stayed OFF after engine restart.
So , all in all im gonna start troubleshoot from fuses , to tranny cooling , to breather , etc ,...but im pretty sure it will end up as a servo problem ,, not to mention the solenoid also . My truck is a 2001 explorer 2 door sport utility 4WD.
Anyway you people at this forum are helping me learn a lot ,,, and thank you .
