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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 04:08 PM
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Truck on FIRE!!!
Put a little to much transmission oil in and my truck leaked out tranny oil throgh the torgue convertor plastic cap and landed on exhaust system and caught fire. Anyone know what the cause and fix is?
 
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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 05:33 PM
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Don't overfill the transmission.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by jlke104
Put a little to much transmission oil in and my truck leaked out tranny oil throgh the torgue convertor plastic cap and landed on exhaust system and caught fire. Anyone know what the cause and fix is?
Overfilled ATF spilling on exhaust?
 
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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 09:15 PM
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I'm hazarding a guess here, but maybe the trans. case is vented through the front bulkhead into the torque converter housing.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 09:21 PM
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Is it still burning?

The fix:

 
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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 10:55 PM
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Where's the pics?
 
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Drive faster so the flames are way behind you!
 
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poor op...walked right into that one. lol
 
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guy 1: excuse me sir, but your truck is on fire
guy 2: i know man, this truck is sweet
guy 1: no, i mean its hot
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poor op...walked right into that one. lol
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Originally Posted by jlke104
Put a little to much transmission oil in and my truck leaked out tranny oil throgh the torgue convertor plastic cap and landed on exhaust system and caught fire. Anyone know what the cause and fix is?
The cause is too much ATF. The fix is to remove the extra ATF.
 
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this poor guy got flamed and flamed!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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You realize that we are all just giving you grief right?
we are generally a pretty friendly group as long as you dont burn down your truck lol
 
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