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Old Feb 11, 2005 | 11:07 PM
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chaulky pink fluid, what is it

i recently bought a 85 bronco with a 300 6, and it has been wrecked in the front, the radiator is off, when i fired it up this chaulky pink stuff came out of a small metal tube close to where the radiator should be. the guy said it was a trans cooler(its a auto) but al the books say its a a/c condensor. which is it??

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Old Feb 12, 2005 | 07:17 AM
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If the radiator is off, don't run it long at all. Atuomatic transmission fliud is red. How long has this truck been sitting. If you have the towing package, you may have a transmission cooler also. Can you post a picture?
 
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Old Feb 12, 2005 | 07:58 AM
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The tranny lines go thru the radiator to cool it, and if the fluid is pink then it has water in it.
Put a radiator in it, change the tranny fluid before you run it again.
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Old Feb 12, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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thanks

thanks for the replies, so do i need a trans cooler or a radiator with hookups for the trans lines?????at least i know now that thats not a normal fluid color


thanks again
 
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Old Feb 12, 2005 | 01:44 PM
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The radiator has trans cooler lines regardless. The auxilary trans cooler is an option or an add on depending on how you got it. Did your Bronco come with dual front shocks?
Not sure on an '85 though.
 
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