why is my tranny fluid soooo thin? help?

[Charlie's_93EB]

why is my tranny fluid soooo thin? help?

Backround: 82,000 miles now
i did a tranny fillter and gasket with a flush 5,000 miles ago

and the other day my tranny started to make a rattleing sound when i puched it, (to pass) after it warmed up for 50 miles or so

i checked the fluid, it was full and clean but thin and very very light pink-clear, like you know the pink saran*sp wrap you get around Easter time, it was that clear.

what do i do now???
Is it bad??
another flush?
thanks charlie

 

[RiverRat]

What you are explaining sounds like uncontamined, fresh ATF. It sounds OK.

 

[double_take]

Just curious when you flushed it, did you flush it with trans fluid or something else?

If something else did you get it all out?

 

[Charlie's_93EB]

i flushed it with 3 gallons of mercon/dextron III, i disconnected the AUX. tranny cooler, with one end going into a bucket while my grandpa started and stopped as needed as i poured the ATF in the top using my gas can pourer neck, which worked perfect took 5 min

 

[BradE.]

Just a nit pick there is no Mercon III. It's Mercon/Dextron III. The only types of Mercon fluid are Mercon or Mercon V.

 

[Charlie's_93EB]

what?!?!?!
that is what i said


















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[Alec]

sounds like the tranny got lots of water in it. Change the fluid as soon as possible completely. I'd do a pan drop and full flush. Hopefully the tranny will be ok.

 

[wpurple]

Wouldn't water make it rather foamy? As opposed to a clearinh liquid? Water wouldn't really dilute transmission fluid....?

 

[Alec]

water makes tranny fluid pink and milky. tranny maintenance 101.

 

[Charlie's_93EB]

UPDATE:

well this morning i checked the fluid again, it was thickier and pinkier, then it was.

Alec, i do not think it has water in it, b/c i thought it should look like a pink milkshake, which it does not and the level was perfect

also i was under a yellow light, it was night time.

i still am going to do a flush Wednesday or thursday my days off.

 

[Opera House]

Am I missing something? You're hoping for the fluid to get darker! Sounds like it is starting to pick up a little dirt. New fluid shouldn't have that much color on the dipstick. On being thinner, I read that most tranny fluid is signifigantly thinner now when cool than it was just 5 years ago because of improvements.

 

[00XLS]

I agree with these guys, last time I did a tranny fluid change mine looked like what your describing after a few days it darkened up.