Lots of fluid coming down power steering

[Lazerskull]

Lots of fluid coming down this line.

Also o/d off light flashing in dash.

Also soft thud thud thud sound like a helicopter chopper noise from under carriage away from engine

Stuck at a gas station no shops around.

I might also have too much tranny fluid in now... Originally I misdiagnosed as a tranny leak and had added a half quart...


OB2 brings up no codes.

1. Can I risk driving to a mechanic?
(20 miles wet roads Donner Summit)

2. How to tell if this is just the line not something worse?

 

[Lazerskull]

Turn up real loud to hear the sound... that just started...

 

[C420sailor]

That looks to me like your shifter cable and not a fluid line…

O/D OFF flashing plus heinous noises equals big tranny problems.

 

[Lazerskull]

That looks to me like your shifter cable and not a fluid line…

O/D OFF flashing plus heinous noises equals big tranny problems.

Yeah I have a huge tranny leak and a drumming sound in sync w the engine block pulled up dipstick fluid was hardly any and dark color.

 

[Mbrooks420]

Bust out the check book. Gonna get expensive real fast.

 

[fast_dave]

Nevermind - Call AAA for a tow to the nearest transmission shop - probably in Old Hangtown (pre-PC name) AKA El Dorado

While in town, make your way over to world famous "Poor Red's" and suck down a a Golden Cadillac & an order of fBBQ Spare Ribs,
that'll make you feel better


Link: Poor Red's Bar-B-Q - Barbecue Restaurant in El Dorado, CA

 

[Lazerskull]

Nevermind - Call AAA for a tow to the nearest transmission shop - probably in Old Hangtown (pre-PC name) AKA El Dorado

While in town, make your way over to world famous "Poor Red's" and suck down a a Golden Cadillac & an order of fBBQ Spare Ribs,
that'll make you feel better


Link: Poor Red's Bar-B-Q - Barbecue Restaurant in El Dorado, CA


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Thanks man. Yeah thats down S. by 50... Im up North by Truckee. Anyway I got to a mechanic. I got rear timing chain slack. Tranny is actually fine. It just vented was overheating due to pulling a heavy load uphill and user error my dumb ass trying to gas it.

Anything I can do about a lose rear chain (the back one against the firewall) w / o removing the engine?

 

[C420sailor]

You can try a manual tensioner…

But odds are pretty good that your plastic bits exploded, and the manual tensioner won’t help.

 

[Lazerskull]

You can try a manual tensioner…

But odds are pretty good that your plastic bits exploded, and the manual tensioner won’t help.

Manual tensioner? But this is the chain at the back. I cant do anything unless I pull the engine right?

 

[Mbrooks420]

I’d get a new mechanic. And, probably a new car. If your trans overheated so much it puked out a ton of fluid it’s life span is gonna be dismal. Combined with tensioner issues, I’d dump it and buy something better with what your repairs would have cost.