That's just every other day here at the USPS Vehicle Maintenance. Keeping a fleet of nearly 40 year old trucks going with parts that make Vatozone parts look good
USPS cheaps out on their vehicle maintenance? That makes me sad. I would have figured they'd be highly motivated to get the vehicles to last a good ling time.
@@Jim_Jimworth They've already lived a good long life. The oldest LLV is damn near 40 years old now. But anyways, there's a fleet modernization underway as we speak. Our parts suppliers however, by policy, provides us parts as the lowest cost and hence lowest quality parts. Ever changed 4 distributors back to back to back to back on the same day on the same truck? I have.
This happen to my 07 Dodge Dakota, luckily for me I put in a new radiator and flushed the coolant from the engine and heater core and was good to go. It was the pressure side gave way and just pumped in to the radiator. I lost my forward momentum so got it back home and did some diagnostics and found the problem. She runs and works good, I have heat come out of the vents. Also, the transmission fluid is still red. I lucked out there I tell ya. Moral of my story change your coolant at intervals required, so you don’t have to buy one like I did most likely. If anyone is wondering it was a new Denso unit. I try to find the OEM part supplier so I don’t have to spend the OEM price if I can help it.
Cross your fingers on the DENSO aftermarket -"first time fit" radiator. Just had a DENSO rad installed in my Honda( DENSO is OEM supplier but the quality is not the same on these aftermarket DENSO rads) and it's leaking near the filler cap less than a month later
The transmission in these cars is dirt cheap from a wrecker's yard with super low miles. If the body's all good, I don't see why not swap the rad, flush the transmission and motor and see if it runs. If it still don't run, swap that transmission and it's all back in business.
Plus all the rubber hoses that will swell due to the addition of trans fluid to the cooling system. Long as the engine hasn't run hot you could go that route, but I guess it depends on if it's worth it to the customer.
I think I would put a new radiator in and do a transmission flush, if I was a customer. All your out is some transmission fluid and a little labor, definitely cheaper alternative than a new Trans.
"Their milkshake sends G6 to junkyard & Eric's like, gooey just like s'mores. Damn right, gooey just like s'mores. I can fix it, but I have to charge."
@@nickyj3571It’s a song “lyric”. G6 is a Gulfstream model, and kind of like a private jet. Like a G6 is a song by FarEasternMovement, referring to high life of popping and drinking bottles of champagne, feeling fly like a G6, cribs. Flizzard is a term used during the song, not sure what that means.
@@stephenbrown7815 oh I lied it's up until 2004 type in to Amazon 2001 Dodge caravan transmission cooler and it'll pop right up! I had a 2004 Dodge neon made it to 250,000 with original engine and transmission.
I love how all mechanics share this equal feeling of disappointment and satisfaction when pointing out something broken or really wrong, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “oooo man that ain’t good (small grin*)”
Had an 06 G6 GTP. Was an excellent car and quite peppy. Only problem it gave me was the caliper bolt in the rear fell out, causing it to drag on the wheel. 3/4 asleep from a night shift I didn't even notice the noise, just that it kept slowing down. Until of course it stopped completely. Rubbed a hole through the wheel.
This is why on ANY vehicle with a auto trans you should have your trany cooled with a external cooler. The radiator cooler is fine until this happens & everything is toast. With the internal cooler you run the risk of serious damage down the road. Plus a external cooler is a better option for cooling.
The risk is so small it's not worth doing on every vehicle. Tens of millions of cars have not had this happen in the lifetime of the car for many decades.
Just wanted to tell you I had issues with my service suspension screwing everything up it was removed before I got it and complete shock ect kit and little 4 wire thing hooked to 4 wires one black one red and the first two tan and tan with black took that out took the 4 that you cut out of harness now problem fixed was having limp mode issues that was on my 08 GMC Yukon Denali I want to thank you for that video really appreciated your work Rick
Had this happen in a '91 chevy caprice years ago. Cleaned it out, replaced a few things and she was good to go. Still drove even with the pink sludge when it first happened
I recently drained my trans fluid on a Toyota sienna awd because of some rough shifts here and there. Milky brown, assumed it was the trans cooler in the radiator. Had a new radiator and an aftermarket external trans cooler (that is actually an upgrade) installed, drained and refilled the transmission again and now it shifts like a dream. Key is to catch it early and drive a 20 year old Toyota
I had a eco tech 1.8 litre in my 2013 Holden cruze same as your chevy. I had the gearbox replaced under warranty at 30,000 ks about 18,000 miles in 2015. I bought it brand new and recently sold it a couple months ago and the only things replaced under warranty the thermostat housing was leaking which I think they just put something on to stop it, as the warranty was nearly up. It started leaking again not long after the warranty was finished. It has three coil packs one under warranty about 45,000 ks. I replaced one which didn't last the two years warranty period, and got another one for free. So in the 10 years I owned it I replaced the coolant bottle a thermostat housing and one coil pack (the other two was covered by warranties) I did do the normal oil changes tyres and brakes. Cheers Graham.
This happened to my 2008 Dodge Dakota. My mechanic completely flushed the transmission and engine, also put in a new radiator which caused the problem. A $1200.00 fix but that was five years ago and it is still running fantastic.
Had this happen on my old 94 blazer. I just had the trans rebuilt and the tech told me he bump up the trans pressure. Well, I believe him after checking all my fluids the next day. Caught it early and just replaced radiator and flushed over and over and over and over again.
This happen to my 2006 cts in 2012. Replaced the radiator flushed the cooland and trasmisionadded a seperate transmission cooler to stop this ever happening. I did have a little issue with the tranny taking a little longer to get upto.operating temp in winter. Finally junked the car 4 years ago because the timing chains needed replacing and the transmission had finally started slipping and only moving in warm weather and when it wanted to in cold weather. Besides the dash cracked on it way before the transmission failed paper thin plastic on the dash.
My CTS had a rusting out radiator too. Before anything happened to it I switched it out but it was already too late for the transmission. It died probably 1400 miles down the road.
My 2002 Grand AM GT had an upper intake gasket leak coolant into the engine oil at only 82K miles. I eventually realized that in the same area of that gasket failure, there was also a crack in the head, between the intake and exhaust seats. I replaced the head, and then it has a knock. Now I have a 2006 Charger SXT with over 309K miles and a 2011 Charger RT with over 226K.
I had this happen in a Pontiac firenza, one of my many GM money pits, new radiator flushed the transmission, and it worked, but then the heater, core went, water, pump, and all the hoses, but it was kind of easy to fix that stuff so after year and a half it was as good as GM can get
Failed transmission coolers were common on the Neon. Fortunately I caught the leak early and installed an oil cooler. The other one I just switched over before it broke.
I bought a Hondoo Ridgline and didn't get an inspection... it was a milkshake. After I changed the rad and doing multiple "fill and drains" it survived. Big H
Th this exact thing happened to a grand caravan at my work today. Had codes for cooling system performance under threshold and thermostat rationality. Looked at the coolant reservoir cause we replaced the oil filter housing on it due to a bad oil leak, and that housing has coolant going through it for the oil cooler so I thought maybe something went wrong like an o rind not sealed properly, but the coolant was red not black. Dodge Coolant is a reddish color but it looked too dark, so I vacuumed some out and sure enough it was full of transmission fluid. Owner said the check engine went on the same day after the install but only decided to bring it back an entire month later. So she drove it like that for at least a few weeks. Didn’t even call and say there’s an issue and now not only she’s gonna need a radiator but a transmission too 🤦♂️
My 09 just gave up the ghost. 2.4 let the timing chain tensioner loose. 289,000 miles and I just put in the new electric steering module. Trans still great.
That happened to my moms Pontiac Bonneville. Luckily I was able to replace the radiator, and flushed the cooling system and purged the transmission fluid. We obviouly caught it fast enough, because everything worked okay after that. Actually, I take that back. The transmission DID start slipping a little over a year later. I never realized until just now, that the radiatior failure rpossibly caused that transmission to fail prematurely.
I keep coming across a ton of Lexus doing this right now. Strawberry milkshake of death for these cars and suvs. The transmissions are byrned out from the loss of fluid and need to be replaced. I did get an older rx350 to come back alive, so worth the flush and fill efforts.
Buddy of mines zj jeep did this out on the trail. We found it swapped rads but nvr flushed the tranny got stuck about 6miles back in the trails from the cabin...gonna trail ride do yourself a favor make sure all your fluids cool seperately
Back in the day it was a chocolate shake that indicated a blown head gasket or cracked block. Now it seems that even cars are snowflakes with strawberry shakes as indicator of serious damage.
@@milfordcivic6755 I know it's a G6 , Garbage! I'm not sure why they got rid of the 3800 platform for this crap, Chevy and Buick did it as well they changed the engines
This is why transmission cooler needs to be totally separate from the radiator, separate radiator, separate transmission cooler, and avoid this sort of situations.
The 08 g6 is nothing but a giant pain in the ass I had a power steering line break and man you got to have extendo fingers and three hands it seems like to get it to work right one after the other then one day it didn't want to start to much time and energy to fix it up till that point
Most people don't realize it, but the trans cooler in the radiator is actually more meant to warm the fluid in extreme cold then cool it in extreme heat. That's why its on the hot side of the radiator.
These 4t45e are actually pretty dang strong for what they are. At least they were in the chevy cobalts. You may be fine with just putting good fluid back into it after the new radiator. Or jusy swap a F23 from a cobalt and be done with it haha.
My first car was a hand me down Pontiac, worst piece of junk on the planet. It could be 40 below zero and the car would be on fire. I got 6 miles per gallon,at least gas was 40 cents per gallon. Do i miss that car? Not in a million years.
i had a 2007 g6. a car from the flintstones would be more mechanically reliable than a pontiac, especially a model from the last few years before the company went out of business
That's why I always add aftermarket cooler and eliminate the possibility.i think car makers designed the trans cooler to the radiator to sell more transmissions .smh
I've never had that happen yet. Nor had I had a piston skirt break off on start up on the wife's 4.0L jeep. And that happened, almost 350,000 on the short block. New short block with Edelbrock on top now! 😅
This happened to me last week i and the flushing my transmission and my engine it was nightmare, took forever and expensive process but everything seems to be working perfect now didn’t destroy transmission
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It’s known as the strawberry milkshake of death in the Nissan forums.
came to comments to say just this
Honda Ridgeline someone 😅😅
Uh no? @@MrBchott
@@MrBchott My friend's Ridgeline just did this over the summer
Happened to my 05 Pathfinder
Just a little Pepto for that engine indigestion.
😅
Enginedestion*?
I think it’s more of an issue for the tranny than the engine.
When you got nausea, upset stomach, diarrheeaa
Ya know, they get a lil age on em and they just can't swallow like they used to.
2 drinks you don't want to find in your engine compartment, chocolate milk, or strawberry milk.
Don’t forget the bubbly olive oil
@@huh0123he said drinks
Or vanilla milkshake
I describe the forbidden engine drink as a latte of loss 😂
Peanut butter
Pontiac: Building excitement beyond the grave.
That's just every other day here at the USPS Vehicle Maintenance. Keeping a fleet of nearly 40 year old trucks going with parts that make Vatozone parts look good
But bro, they also made the TOMCAT!
Almost switched crafts to VMF but im not sure I want to work on those turds or the Mercedes vans we have.
USPS cheaps out on their vehicle maintenance? That makes me sad. I would have figured they'd be highly motivated to get the vehicles to last a good ling time.
@@Jim_Jimworth They've already lived a good long life. The oldest LLV is damn near 40 years old now. But anyways, there's a fleet modernization underway as we speak. Our parts suppliers however, by policy, provides us parts as the lowest cost and hence lowest quality parts. Ever changed 4 distributors back to back to back to back on the same day on the same truck? I have.
Vatozone 😅
This happen to my 07 Dodge Dakota, luckily for me I put in a new radiator and flushed the coolant from the engine and heater core and was good to go. It was the pressure side gave way and just pumped in to the radiator. I lost my forward momentum so got it back home and did some diagnostics and found the problem. She runs and works good, I have heat come out of the vents. Also, the transmission fluid is still red. I lucked out there I tell ya.
Moral of my story change your coolant at intervals required, so you don’t have to buy one like I did most likely. If anyone is wondering it was a new Denso unit. I try to find the OEM part supplier so I don’t have to spend the OEM price if I can help it.
Cross your fingers on the DENSO aftermarket -"first time fit" radiator. Just had a DENSO rad installed in my Honda( DENSO is OEM supplier but the quality is not the same on these aftermarket DENSO rads) and it's leaking near the filler cap less than a month later
@CRAPO2011 at the seam of where the plastic and aluminum marry or just the plastic?
@@neildeatherage2269 it's leaking where the plastic outlet is for the overflow tank hose
The transmission in these cars is dirt cheap from a wrecker's yard with super low miles. If the body's all good, I don't see why not swap the rad, flush the transmission and motor and see if it runs. If it still don't run, swap that transmission and it's all back in business.
Costs time, and time = money.
Plus all the rubber hoses that will swell due to the addition of trans fluid to the cooling system. Long as the engine hasn't run hot you could go that route, but I guess it depends on if it's worth it to the customer.
Good for a diyer, but he has to warranty his work (including time and not just the cost of the part ).
@@bartz118 Wondering if that screwdriver dip will be billed as "coolant chemical analysis"?
The car is not worth the labour charge for that job
I had that happen in a 2005 Mercedes e500. New rad and trans fluid and no more issues for many miles.
It's a gamble you can make as the owner. I don't think eric will risk it
till the other rad does the same 😂
Isn’t there an aftermarket kit to separate the transmission cooler from rad? Pathfinders had the same issue.
I think I would put a new radiator in and do a transmission flush, if I was a customer. All your out is some transmission fluid and a little labor, definitely cheaper alternative than a new Trans.
@@garysullivan4432 don't even need a new radiator. cap off connections. Run external Tranny cooler so it never happens again.
My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard 😂
"Their milkshake sends G6 to junkyard & Eric's like, gooey just like s'mores. Damn right, gooey just like s'mores. I can fix it, but I have to charge."
Yeah, the JUNK YARD😂😂😂
😂😂😂
😂 I'm done lmao 🤣
@@TortureBotYou might have a side gig here in the works.
Absolutely the best mechanic on YT. Love your vids brother! 👍🤙💪👊
the forbidden strawberry milkshake
Like a G6! Like a G6! Bow bow bow, bow bow bow bow bow!
I think it's officially slizzard.
WTF
@@nickyj3571It’s a song “lyric”. G6 is a Gulfstream model, and kind of like a private jet. Like a G6 is a song by FarEasternMovement, referring to high life of popping and drinking bottles of champagne, feeling fly like a G6, cribs. Flizzard is a term used during the song, not sure what that means.
@@dieselhatz4247Though they were Pontiac enthusiasts😊
Seen that in a Nissan Xterra before , strawberry milkshake
Same here.
Had an Xterra same thing happened I had so many issues with it I didn't keep it long
Seeing that the body is probably solid rust, I'm guessing its final ride will be to the local crusher or salvage yard for parts
Nothing from the 5 seconds of seeing the body would suggest it's a rust bucket. Maybe the junkyard has a replacement swap for them if they're willing
@@donk026 It was an educated guess brought on by the fact that this car is in the New England area and is a mid 00's GM vehicle.
It has NY state Inspection and registration ( on the Windshield ) so it could be rusted even WORSE than New England .
That's why any car I buy I completely bypass the radiator transmission cooler I put in my own transmission cooler from the mid-2000s Dodge caravan
The trans cooler is apart of the condenser on those Right?
@@stephenbrown7815 that is 2004 and up from 2001 to 2003 it's in between the condenser and the radiator
@@stephenbrown7815 oh I lied it's up until 2004 type in to Amazon 2001 Dodge caravan transmission cooler and it'll pop right up! I had a 2004 Dodge neon made it to 250,000 with original engine and transmission.
@@peachyclean93 thanks gotta one for the Montero.
@@stephenbrown7815 you're welcome you just got to get the transmission nipples I'm not sure the size of yours.
Best mechanic in town ❤❤❤
The money that was made from combining coolers and radiators together is immeasurable.
Ive never sen thiss happen in all my years wrenchin on cars. Learned a new one
Eric should fix all the ice cream machines for McDonalds
I love how all mechanics share this equal feeling of disappointment and satisfaction when pointing out something broken or really wrong, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “oooo man that ain’t good (small grin*)”
Had an 06 G6 GTP. Was an excellent car and quite peppy. Only problem it gave me was the caliper bolt in the rear fell out, causing it to drag on the wheel. 3/4 asleep from a night shift I didn't even notice the noise, just that it kept slowing down. Until of course it stopped completely. Rubbed a hole through the wheel.
Front caliper bolt came out on my 06 G6 . Had to wire it back on the get home.
I also lost a caliper bolt on my 06 G6 lmao, what a pain to find a replacement..
@@ryanstarcher5616 Yes what a pain! I had to go to the dealer a few towns over and it was about 15 bucks.
@@ryanstarcher5616 I went back to where I lost mine at night and found it on the side of the road.
This is why on ANY vehicle with a auto trans you should have your trany cooled with a external cooler. The radiator cooler is fine until this happens & everything is toast. With the internal cooler you run the risk of serious damage down the road. Plus a external cooler is a better option for cooling.
The risk is so small it's not worth doing on every vehicle. Tens of millions of cars have not had this happen in the lifetime of the car for many decades.
Just wanted to tell you I had issues with my service suspension screwing everything up it was removed before I got it and complete shock ect kit and little 4 wire thing hooked to 4 wires one black one red and the first two tan and tan with black took that out took the 4 that you cut out of harness now problem fixed was having limp mode issues that was on my 08 GMC Yukon Denali I want to thank you for that video really appreciated your work Rick
former 2007 g6 owner here. can confirm that car was junk the second it was manufactured
Still driving my 07 G6GT. It's fine except for the hood paint.
That guy is going to need the Pepto.
More like Imodium
Pepto Bismol in the reservoir! Right on! Tang is also radical!
Had this happen in a '91 chevy caprice years ago. Cleaned it out, replaced a few things and she was good to go. Still drove even with the pink sludge when it first happened
I recently drained my trans fluid on a Toyota sienna awd because of some rough shifts here and there. Milky brown, assumed it was the trans cooler in the radiator. Had a new radiator and an aftermarket external trans cooler (that is actually an upgrade) installed, drained and refilled the transmission again and now it shifts like a dream. Key is to catch it early and drive a 20 year old Toyota
I have never been so amazed and disappointed at the same time!
I’m hope u hear this a lot you’ve turned me into a beast technician thank you from the bottom of my heart sir I appreciate it
Glad to hear it
I had a eco tech 1.8 litre in my 2013 Holden cruze same as your chevy. I had the gearbox replaced under warranty at 30,000 ks about 18,000 miles in 2015. I bought it brand new and recently sold it a couple months ago and the only things replaced under warranty the thermostat housing was leaking which I think they just put something on to stop it, as the warranty was nearly up. It started leaking again not long after the warranty was finished. It has three coil packs one under warranty about 45,000 ks. I replaced one which didn't last the two years warranty period, and got another one for free. So in the 10 years I owned it I replaced the coolant bottle a thermostat housing and one coil pack (the other two was covered by warranties) I did do the normal oil changes tyres and brakes. Cheers Graham.
Thanks for the video!
There is never a dull moment on this channel.
Coats, sooths, relieves....
This happened to my 2008 Dodge Dakota. My mechanic completely flushed the transmission and engine, also put in a new radiator which caused the problem. A $1200.00 fix but that was five years ago and it is still running fantastic.
Reminds me of my old Ridgeline
This is one thing i have always thought about, but I have never seen it... yet
I'm excited to see a transmission fill cap like that
Had this happen on my old 94 blazer. I just had the trans rebuilt and the tech told me he bump up the trans pressure. Well, I believe him after checking all my fluids the next day. Caught it early and just replaced radiator and flushed over and over and over and over again.
The forbidden milkshake
Eric from I Do Cars would totally agree
This one is Strawberry!
This happen to my 2006 cts in 2012. Replaced the radiator flushed the cooland and trasmisionadded a seperate transmission cooler to stop this ever happening. I did have a little issue with the tranny taking a little longer to get upto.operating temp in winter. Finally junked the car 4 years ago because the timing chains needed replacing and the transmission had finally started slipping and only moving in warm weather and when it wanted to in cold weather. Besides the dash cracked on it way before the transmission failed paper thin plastic on the dash.
Strawberry milkshake of Death unfortunately many vehicles suffer from this affliction especially with neglect.
I can recall the MILKSHAKE description way, way back in 1980... Some things don't change..
Did you even try tasting it first to see if it wasn't Pepto bismol, calling bad diagnostics on this one.
Yeah that transmission shot,
I see that Vessel JIS screwdriver in drawer. Gotta have the right stuff to do the job nice 👍
My CTS had a rusting out radiator too. Before anything happened to it I switched it out but it was already too late for the transmission. It died probably 1400 miles down the road.
New radiator, Flush the coolant, flush the transmission and you are good to go.
My 2002 Grand AM GT had an upper intake gasket leak coolant into the engine oil at only 82K miles. I eventually realized that in the same area of that gasket failure, there was also a crack in the head, between the intake and exhaust seats. I replaced the head, and then it has a knock. Now I have a 2006 Charger SXT with over 309K miles and a 2011 Charger RT with over 226K.
I had this happen in a Pontiac firenza, one of my many GM money pits, new radiator flushed the transmission, and it worked, but then the heater, core went, water, pump, and all the hoses, but it was kind of easy to fix that stuff so after year and a half it was as good as GM can get
Had a similar event with a c32 cat started exchanging engine oil with seawater.
Thought sea water would be great for engine oil 😁
Eco Tec is all we needed to hear lol
Failed transmission coolers were common on the Neon. Fortunately I caught the leak early and installed an oil cooler. The other one I just switched over before it broke.
That Pontiac has a upset stomach 😂
I bought a Hondoo Ridgline and didn't get an inspection... it was a milkshake. After I changed the rad and doing multiple "fill and drains" it survived. Big H
I hope and pray whoever's vehicle that is has the ability to get another one or at the very least be able to pay for the repair car trouble sucks
Slurry.....good stuff right there 😂
Th this exact thing happened to a grand caravan at my work today. Had codes for cooling system performance under threshold and thermostat rationality. Looked at the coolant reservoir cause we replaced the oil filter housing on it due to a bad oil leak, and that housing has coolant going through it for the oil cooler so I thought maybe something went wrong like an o rind not sealed properly, but the coolant was red not black. Dodge Coolant is a reddish color but it looked too dark, so I vacuumed some out and sure enough it was full of transmission fluid. Owner said the check engine went on the same day after the install but only decided to bring it back an entire month later. So she drove it like that for at least a few weeks. Didn’t even call and say there’s an issue and now not only she’s gonna need a radiator but a transmission too 🤦♂️
My 09 just gave up the ghost. 2.4 let the timing chain tensioner loose. 289,000 miles and I just put in the new electric steering module. Trans still great.
Car has a up set stomach😂
That happened to my moms Pontiac Bonneville. Luckily I was able to replace the radiator, and flushed the cooling system and purged the transmission fluid. We obviouly caught it fast enough, because everything worked okay after that.
Actually, I take that back. The transmission DID start slipping a little over a year later. I never realized until just now, that the radiatior failure rpossibly caused that transmission to fail prematurely.
Time for a radiator, a hope and a prayer!
This happened to my 2000 F-150 a couple weeks ago. Rebuilt and replaced the radiator and thermostat.
Pepto might just be what the owner needs when they get the news.😂
Hmmm yummy milkshake
Oh nooo 😮😢 that's a sad day
I keep coming across a ton of Lexus doing this right now. Strawberry milkshake of death for these cars and suvs. The transmissions are byrned out from the loss of fluid and need to be replaced. I did get an older rx350 to come back alive, so worth the flush and fill efforts.
Everyone loves strawberry shakes!
Buddy of mines zj jeep did this out on the trail. We found it swapped rads but nvr flushed the tranny got stuck about 6miles back in the trails from the cabin...gonna trail ride do yourself a favor make sure all your fluids cool seperately
That's how you know it's good !
Back in the day it was a chocolate shake that indicated a blown head gasket or cracked block. Now it seems that even cars are snowflakes with strawberry shakes as indicator of serious damage.
I’ll never figure out why GM got rid of their 3800 platform . The Grand Prix’s were pretty much indestructible.
This was a G6, not a Grand Prix
@@milfordcivic6755 I know it's a G6 , Garbage! I'm not sure why they got rid of the 3800 platform for this crap, Chevy and Buick did it as well they changed the engines
Ford falcons do the exact same thing transmission oil leaks into the coolant
The forbidden strawberry shake
Oh oh I’ve seen these on plenty of G.M.’s. Transmission and radiator time! While they are both out, flushing them lines out!
This is why transmission cooler needs to be totally separate from the radiator, separate radiator, separate transmission cooler, and avoid this sort of situations.
Poor sick car, RIP. 😢
The 08 g6 is nothing but a giant pain in the ass I had a power steering line break and man you got to have extendo fingers and three hands it seems like to get it to work right one after the other then one day it didn't want to start to much time and energy to fix it up till that point
Oh boy!! Someone gonna need the alka seltzer when they sees the recommendations. Thanx Pontiac G wagon
Most people don't realize it, but the trans cooler in the radiator is actually more meant to warm the fluid in extreme cold then cool it in extreme heat. That's why its on the hot side of the radiator.
It also regulates the temperature, so it still does cool it if it the temperature of the transaxle fluid increases
No
These 4t45e are actually pretty dang strong for what they are. At least they were in the chevy cobalts. You may be fine with just putting good fluid back into it after the new radiator. Or jusy swap a F23 from a cobalt and be done with it haha.
My first car was a hand me down Pontiac, worst piece of junk on the planet. It could be 40 below zero and the car would be on fire. I got 6 miles per gallon,at least gas was 40 cents per gallon. Do i miss that car? Not in a million years.
i had a 2007 g6. a car from the flintstones would be more mechanically reliable than a pontiac, especially a model from the last few years before the company went out of business
The fill cap is not where you check Trans fluid you have to remove the plug on the drivers side wheel well
Saw this happen to a 99 suburban. We blocked the cooler lines and flushed the trans and radiator and drove it another 70k miles without issue.
You get a car, you get a car.
That's why I always add aftermarket cooler and eliminate the possibility.i think car makers designed the trans cooler to the radiator to sell more transmissions .smh
It had.a good run.
I trust this guy.
Have seen that one multiple times over the years unfortunately
Another quality milkshake brought to you by, Dexcool.
I've never had that happen yet. Nor had I had a piston skirt break off on start up on the wife's 4.0L jeep. And that happened, almost 350,000 on the short block. New short block with Edelbrock on top now! 😅
Not maintaining proper coolant exchanges eat the radiator with acids that build up over time. Lack of maintenence right there. 😮
I know this can happen to all manufacturers, but I’ve seen more predominantly on GM’s. Instant strawberry milkshake!😂
Nissans here. Can't say I've ever seen a GM do this. They usually crap out the shift solenoids or just stop pulling from clutch failure.
This happened to me last week i and the flushing my transmission and my engine it was nightmare, took forever and expensive process but everything seems to be working perfect now didn’t destroy transmission
For a minute there i thought it was some good old Dexkill antifreeze
Oh my goodness....
OMG!
Delicious.
Another win for manuals
this is y I am a big believer in external trans coolers