Help Me Understand This...
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From: North Central Rural Sask.
Help Me Understand This...
Last week I did a complete tranny flush, and changed the filter. All went well, and I went on a 3-4000 km trip, checking the fluids as I went along. All were good the whole way.
About an hour away from home on my way back, I stopped at a fuel station and shut off my truck. Turned it on again after about 5 minutes and it made one weird rattle for a few seconds, then returned to normal. Tried it again and the same thing. Sounded like it was coming from the starter. So I drove it home after deciding that everything was OK (didnt check the tranny fluid then though, wishing I would have) and drove home.
Truck didnt hiccup at all besides that one time, during the whole trip. Got home, checked my tranny fluid and its a liter and a bit low.
So I checked it the whole way, checked for leaks, etc. the whole way, and now its low, after being fine for the whole trip.
How can that possibly be?
After yanking off the torque converter cover and looking for problems around that area, there was no leaks, no wet spots on the truck, no extra fluid in the rad, truck shifts fine, whatever that weird rattle was has disappeared(making it really hard to look for a problem) and from what I can see I need to replace a liter or two of tranny fluid.
Please advise!
About an hour away from home on my way back, I stopped at a fuel station and shut off my truck. Turned it on again after about 5 minutes and it made one weird rattle for a few seconds, then returned to normal. Tried it again and the same thing. Sounded like it was coming from the starter. So I drove it home after deciding that everything was OK (didnt check the tranny fluid then though, wishing I would have) and drove home.
Truck didnt hiccup at all besides that one time, during the whole trip. Got home, checked my tranny fluid and its a liter and a bit low.
So I checked it the whole way, checked for leaks, etc. the whole way, and now its low, after being fine for the whole trip.
How can that possibly be?
After yanking off the torque converter cover and looking for problems around that area, there was no leaks, no wet spots on the truck, no extra fluid in the rad, truck shifts fine, whatever that weird rattle was has disappeared(making it really hard to look for a problem) and from what I can see I need to replace a liter or two of tranny fluid.
Please advise!
Fleet Mechanic
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From: Hutchinson, KS
Is it still making the rattling noise at startup?
Fleet Owner
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From: BLT, MN
Wish I had a good answer for ya Sheldon. Keep checking it for now. Can you get it scanned to see if it through a code possibly?
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From: North Central Rural Sask.
Ive been screwing around with it, no more noise, at all, still gotta get to town and buy more fluid to add.
Chase, you GOTTA be Canadian! That is about the best universal advice, ever haha
Chase, you GOTTA be Canadian! That is about the best universal advice, ever haha
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, CSIPSD got a good point, thats what I would guess, add a little Sheldon and drive and check again.
