So I bought an older GM Dustbuster van a while back. It's purpose is to get me to and from work and to haul stuff for various projects. Well, tonight it started snowing. I decided that I needed to rush in to work to get something (about 6 miles away). About 3/4 of the way there, the engine started reving. I figured, no big deal, probably just the wheels spinning in the slush. But then I noticed the speedometer wasn't jumping.
About this time, reach the parking lot at work. I jumped out of the van to sense a sweet burning smell. I pop the hood, and through the space between the engine and fan, I see a big red puddle. FVCK! I jump back in and shut the engine off and call my wife to come pick me up.
She came and picked me up. I stopped at a gas station and picked up a couple of quarts of tranny fluid. On the way back to work, I noticed a huge ass red puddle in the snow at the stoplight (where I stopped on the first trip). This was about 1 mile from work, just before the tranny started slipping.
So, I put the quarts of fluid in the transmission and start it up. I look under the hood, to see fluid gushing out of what I presume to be the line to the cooler. FVCK!
So anyway, I'm guessing this will not be a good thing for the longevity of the transmission. The joy is, the van will probably get snow pushed all around it, so it will be a bitch to climb under and check where the leak was actually coming from. Hurray!!
Cliffs notes
drove van 6 miles with major transmission fluid leak, suspect the worst
About this time, reach the parking lot at work. I jumped out of the van to sense a sweet burning smell. I pop the hood, and through the space between the engine and fan, I see a big red puddle. FVCK! I jump back in and shut the engine off and call my wife to come pick me up.
She came and picked me up. I stopped at a gas station and picked up a couple of quarts of tranny fluid. On the way back to work, I noticed a huge ass red puddle in the snow at the stoplight (where I stopped on the first trip). This was about 1 mile from work, just before the tranny started slipping.
So, I put the quarts of fluid in the transmission and start it up. I look under the hood, to see fluid gushing out of what I presume to be the line to the cooler. FVCK!
So anyway, I'm guessing this will not be a good thing for the longevity of the transmission. The joy is, the van will probably get snow pushed all around it, so it will be a bitch to climb under and check where the leak was actually coming from. Hurray!!
Cliffs notes
drove van 6 miles with major transmission fluid leak, suspect the worst
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