2002 Avy z71 with around 234k
While looking for an what i thought was an oil leak from where i thought was around my radiator, up around the right side of the engine compartment , i found that my top transmission fitting that goes into the radiator was loose, I tightened it down and thought that maybe what i thought was the oil leak around that area was just a really really slow leak from that. Well, i thought i fixed it. Next day the wife and i were driving and about 20 miles away from home, felt the transmission slip a few times as the engine rev but no extra power, then code 1870 popped up, and the transmission really started to slip or just rev up while giving it power. I popped the hood and there was no transmission fluid, luckily i had some and put some in , while idling it went back up to the notches of being full. Started to drive a few hundred feet and it was slipping really bad, pulled over again and i realized tranny fluid was just pouring from where the cooler line the metal tip plugs into the the transmission fitting that goes into the radiator. I took the metal clip off that locks it in place and put it all back, started it up again and continued to come out, it seems to be coming out where the metal clip locks in, i noticed when i pulled on the cooler line it seemed to slow down the flow a lot, like the cooler line wasn't properly seated firmly in the fitting which was causing the leak . I'm guessing for whatever reason me tightening the fitting yesterday somehow messed it up. I am HOPING by just replacing the fitting that goes into the radiator it will solve the issue and i hoping i wont have to replace the entire cooler line.
Anyways, not knowing how much tranny fluid leaked out, can i just put more in and mix it with the old tranny fluid? How will i know how much to put in? I'm hoping i didn't damage the transmission and once replacing and refilling it will work again.
While looking for an what i thought was an oil leak from where i thought was around my radiator, up around the right side of the engine compartment , i found that my top transmission fitting that goes into the radiator was loose, I tightened it down and thought that maybe what i thought was the oil leak around that area was just a really really slow leak from that. Well, i thought i fixed it. Next day the wife and i were driving and about 20 miles away from home, felt the transmission slip a few times as the engine rev but no extra power, then code 1870 popped up, and the transmission really started to slip or just rev up while giving it power. I popped the hood and there was no transmission fluid, luckily i had some and put some in , while idling it went back up to the notches of being full. Started to drive a few hundred feet and it was slipping really bad, pulled over again and i realized tranny fluid was just pouring from where the cooler line the metal tip plugs into the the transmission fitting that goes into the radiator. I took the metal clip off that locks it in place and put it all back, started it up again and continued to come out, it seems to be coming out where the metal clip locks in, i noticed when i pulled on the cooler line it seemed to slow down the flow a lot, like the cooler line wasn't properly seated firmly in the fitting which was causing the leak . I'm guessing for whatever reason me tightening the fitting yesterday somehow messed it up. I am HOPING by just replacing the fitting that goes into the radiator it will solve the issue and i hoping i wont have to replace the entire cooler line.
Anyways, not knowing how much tranny fluid leaked out, can i just put more in and mix it with the old tranny fluid? How will i know how much to put in? I'm hoping i didn't damage the transmission and once replacing and refilling it will work again.