Cracked block experience?
#1
Cracked block experience?
I blew a radiator hose and the mechanics said I have tranny fluid in the coolant.
they pressure tested the radiator and it's supposedly good
they said the only other option is a cracked block....
anyone with direct experience of this?
thanks fellas
they pressure tested the radiator and it's supposedly good
they said the only other option is a cracked block....
anyone with direct experience of this?
thanks fellas
#2
Smells like BS.
Tranny fluid in the coolant? Correct me if I'm wrong guys, but I don't think ANY Accord has ever had an integrated tranny cooler in the radiator. That's the only way I can think of the fluid mixing.
Highly doubt it's a cracked block or head also.
Take it to a different (read: reputable) and get a second opinion.
Tranny fluid in the coolant? Correct me if I'm wrong guys, but I don't think ANY Accord has ever had an integrated tranny cooler in the radiator. That's the only way I can think of the fluid mixing.
Highly doubt it's a cracked block or head also.
Take it to a different (read: reputable) and get a second opinion.
#3
Can they explain how tranny fluid can get through a cracked block into the coolant? If it was a cracked block why isn't it engine-oil in there?
The radiator is the only place where tranny fluid gets together with coolant.
The radiator is the only place where tranny fluid gets together with coolant.
#4
It's only on an auto-trans, but the tranny-fluid hoses go out to the bottom of the radiator. There's a metal tube inside the lower tank where the ATF goes across the width of the bottom tank. #11, 12, 13, 14 are the ATF hoses.
Last edited by JimBlake; 05-04-2010 at 09:28 PM.
#6
Then yes it can be a cracked block. It can also be a bad headgasket, but maybe he ruled that out by doing a leakdown test? I'm not sure how you would decide between a cracked block vs a cracked cylinder head?
#7
i would be really shocked if it truly turns out to be a cracked block..
i would more likely suspect a head gasket or a warped or cracked head , way, way before a cracked block
how did they determine that it is a cracked block ??
if they insist that it is the block,, I would have a second opinion form a shop that specializes on Hondas or the dealer
i would more likely suspect a head gasket or a warped or cracked head , way, way before a cracked block
how did they determine that it is a cracked block ??
if they insist that it is the block,, I would have a second opinion form a shop that specializes on Hondas or the dealer
Last edited by deserthonda; 05-05-2010 at 05:53 PM.
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