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Old Oct 5, 2014 | 09:27 AM
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Transmission? Engine? Both?

Hello everyone and thanks for the help. I have a 2001 f250 7.3L. I bought it with 192,000 miles and have driven it to 206,000 in the last 6 months. When I put it in gear, the truck will "bog" down and sometimes die. I will have to refill the transmission fluid every 2 weeks but I can't find where it's leaking. Thoughts?
 
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Old Oct 5, 2014 | 04:39 PM
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My thoughts are that you need to clean it off and find where it is leaking from. Low fluid will cause stalls.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2014 | 05:26 PM
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You can't find where it's leaking, or you can't see that it's leaking? Is it leaking trans fluid, or is it just disappearing?
 
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Old Oct 5, 2014 | 07:00 PM
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I can't see that it's leaking anywhere. There is no transmission fluid under the truck, and there is never a puddle under the truck when it sits for a while. But I have to add fluid about every week and a half or so.
 
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Like Mark said, I would completely clean the underside degrease it as much as you can. When transmissions lose fluid there is almost always a fluid trail(cracked case, bad gasket, bad seal, etc).
 
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