Blown&Injected
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It is a full sized Ford van.
My friend was trying to back up a steep driveway with a heavy trailer and about 2,000 lbs on the trailer. The van was not powerful enough. He was WOT and the thing would not move. He gave it a couple of tries but as soon as the weight of the van hit the incline, the van just stopped.
Engine died and trans fluid started pouring out. Actually started a fire! Some of the fluid on the exhaust lit up! Good thing for fire extinguishers.
He said this happened once before and just like last time, after about an hour of cool time we just got in a fired it up. No leaks and seems fine.
The way fluid was pouring out even when the engine was not running really made me think a seal blew out but the only thing I can think of is that the converter started boiling the fluid and it boiled over and out a vent tube.
WTH happened? What are your bets for a catastrophic failure?
My friend was trying to back up a steep driveway with a heavy trailer and about 2,000 lbs on the trailer. The van was not powerful enough. He was WOT and the thing would not move. He gave it a couple of tries but as soon as the weight of the van hit the incline, the van just stopped.
Engine died and trans fluid started pouring out. Actually started a fire! Some of the fluid on the exhaust lit up! Good thing for fire extinguishers.
He said this happened once before and just like last time, after about an hour of cool time we just got in a fired it up. No leaks and seems fine.
The way fluid was pouring out even when the engine was not running really made me think a seal blew out but the only thing I can think of is that the converter started boiling the fluid and it boiled over and out a vent tube.
WTH happened? What are your bets for a catastrophic failure?
