Was out for a drive today, just cruising along back roads around 40 mph when I start smelling what seemed like antifreeze.....then start seeing smoke coming from behind the car,then start seeing smoke under the hood. Stop the car and see a trail behind me on the road..... still thinking its coolant, I get towed home thinking a hose came off or blew a hole in it, or something else trivial. However after crawling under the car I don't see signs of any coolant, I instead see trans fluid everywhere.
I try to clean up the mess and wipe everything down, then I start the car so I can see where the leak is coming from. Sure enough, trans fluid is pouring out the hole in the converter cover. What broke?? What might have caused it??
About a week ago, I did replace the governor and the valve body. Could this have been related, or just bad timing?? I did check the trans pressure after the valve body replacement and it never went over 300.
I assume the trans has to come out to fix this??? What is the shop labor time to do this job? 3 or 4 hours?
I try to clean up the mess and wipe everything down, then I start the car so I can see where the leak is coming from. Sure enough, trans fluid is pouring out the hole in the converter cover. What broke?? What might have caused it??
About a week ago, I did replace the governor and the valve body. Could this have been related, or just bad timing?? I did check the trans pressure after the valve body replacement and it never went over 300.
I assume the trans has to come out to fix this??? What is the shop labor time to do this job? 3 or 4 hours?
