transmission fluid in engine coolant

Of you do have Trans fluid in the engine coolant it would be because the Trans fluid cooler that is built inside of the radiator has ruptured and is leaking Trans fluid inside the coolant tank. The only thing you can do is to thoroughly flush the Trans system and replace the radiator. Hope this helps.

is it mess the transmission up

it can but really the only way to tell the extent of the damage it's actually flush it out. If it drives fine and ships good after the flush then there is no internal transmission damage.

you also need to pull the transmission pan down clean the pan out and about the valve bodies and solenoids that the pan covers just use a microfiber towel and gently wipe off the bottom of the transmission when you remove the pan you can also use brake clean or a parts cleaner to clean out the Trans pan.

I've been an automotive technician for 15 years and I've only seen this about 10 times three of the ten hadto have a transmission replacement.

does the fluid in the radiator look like a pinkish milkshake?

no it looks like a rusty color but i can tell there is transmission fluid mixed in.. i did a coolant flush and it dosnt look like much is in there now

and in the transmission spot the fluid dosnt look mixed with coolant.. the transmisson acts fine drives and shifts very good

then there was no transmission fluid in the coolant. the only way for transmission fluid to mix with coolant is F the transmission cooler in the radiator ruptures then you will have coolant in the transmission fluid and transmission fluid in the coolant. Since there is no pinkish milkshake and either the transmission fluid or the coolant that is a sign that there was no trans fluid in the cooling system. All that rust that you saw was due to lack of antifreeze and having more water in the system. The cooling system needs a 50 50 mix of antifreeze and water to properly cool the system. What may have appeared to be transmission fluid more likely it was severe rust. Since you now have fresh cool in the cooling system keep an eye on it if you do not see a pinkish milkshake in the radiator and you do not have trans fluid mixing with coolant.

was the transmission full of fluid before the cooling system flush.

yes it was full kept checking to see if any was missing and there wasnt

then that definitely was not trans fluid in the coolant. your neon was probably in just need of a really good cooling system flush.

if you do not have any metal lines connecting from the transmission to the radiator then there would be no way trans fluid could get in the cooling system. Unless someone poured some in the radiator.

thank you very much

No problem. If you have any more questions you know where to find me.

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