FrankSchwab
06-29-2005, 12:37 AM
and I hate having trannys running around the house...
Last week, I hit the throttle when we got to the no-wake buoys, and I got RPM's, but no go. Bad news.
Checked the transmission fluid level - the stick was dry. Put in a pint; the stick was still dry. Put in the rest of the quart; thought there might have been a spot on the bottom of the stick, but I didn't want to overfill, and I didn't realize how much my transmission holds (4 liters). So off we went; while floating and letting the kids swim, I checked again; still dry, so I dumped in another quart, wondering if the things was going to explode.
Got it home, didn't think I'd seen two quarts of oil in the bilge (figured that would be a real easy thing to notice), so started wondering where it could go. Pulled the transmission cooler, it looked OK, but I didn't trust it. Clamped on some hoses, put 20 pounds of water pressure in it. It didn't leak down immediately, but when I came back after a couple of minutes, there was zero pressure, and water in the chamber. Sigh. Guess Skidim will be getting a call in the morning.
So, how many of you have had cooler problems? Common, or not? I just feel bad about dumping 2 quarts of oil into the local lake over the past several weeks.
/frank
Last week, I hit the throttle when we got to the no-wake buoys, and I got RPM's, but no go. Bad news.
Checked the transmission fluid level - the stick was dry. Put in a pint; the stick was still dry. Put in the rest of the quart; thought there might have been a spot on the bottom of the stick, but I didn't want to overfill, and I didn't realize how much my transmission holds (4 liters). So off we went; while floating and letting the kids swim, I checked again; still dry, so I dumped in another quart, wondering if the things was going to explode.
Got it home, didn't think I'd seen two quarts of oil in the bilge (figured that would be a real easy thing to notice), so started wondering where it could go. Pulled the transmission cooler, it looked OK, but I didn't trust it. Clamped on some hoses, put 20 pounds of water pressure in it. It didn't leak down immediately, but when I came back after a couple of minutes, there was zero pressure, and water in the chamber. Sigh. Guess Skidim will be getting a call in the morning.
So, how many of you have had cooler problems? Common, or not? I just feel bad about dumping 2 quarts of oil into the local lake over the past several weeks.
/frank