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Old 12-01-2011, 01:37 PM
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Default Re: Coolant being pushed back into resavoir

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Originally Posted by lupanov2 View Post
i have a 2000 3.0 v6 that just hit 100k. it has the same problem, a lot coolant gets pushed out the overflow but it also has redish orange crap in the coolant even after i flushed the whole coolant system. could it be that the tranny fluid cooler inside the radiator burst? I really need help with this one guys.
Yes, absolutely. The transmission runs at a much higher pressure than the cooling system so it will over pressurize the cooling system and eventually draw coolant into the transmission.

Pull the transmission dipstick and see if it looks off. If so, I would stop driving until it is repaired and the transmission is flushed.
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