garris47
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- St. louis MO
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- 2000 Ford Explorer Limite
I tried looking for some information on other posts but nothing for sure.
I replaced my thermostat about a month ago coolant seemed fin. This weekend my heater started blowing out cold. Coolant was low so I filled it up but the heater was still not hot. So I switched the hoses to the heater core and then it was hot. The cap was leaking so I replaced that. The coolant now looks horribly dirty brown and tranny fluid is very low. I only noticed that after it started not wanting to drive when in reverse at first, but then drive was bad also. I had to give it allot of gas just to barely move.
My conclusion is that tranny fluid is getting into my radiator and clogged the heater core. I had planned on getting a new radiator and flushing the cooling system.
Do I need to also flush that tranny fluid and replace the filter, could water have gotten into the transmission? Any other thoughts or comments on this would be much appreciated.
Michael
I replaced my thermostat about a month ago coolant seemed fin. This weekend my heater started blowing out cold. Coolant was low so I filled it up but the heater was still not hot. So I switched the hoses to the heater core and then it was hot. The cap was leaking so I replaced that. The coolant now looks horribly dirty brown and tranny fluid is very low. I only noticed that after it started not wanting to drive when in reverse at first, but then drive was bad also. I had to give it allot of gas just to barely move.
My conclusion is that tranny fluid is getting into my radiator and clogged the heater core. I had planned on getting a new radiator and flushing the cooling system.
Do I need to also flush that tranny fluid and replace the filter, could water have gotten into the transmission? Any other thoughts or comments on this would be much appreciated.
Michael