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Replying to: tnt97rora (Dec 19, 2008 10:44 pm) |
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Replying to: dathom (Dec 17, 2008 1:36 pm) |
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HEY AURORIANS... LET ME SAY THAT I HAVE READ MANY POSTS BEFORE SUBMITTING THIS QUESTION AND I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND AN ANSWER. I'VE TRIED A FEW THINGS THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT HELP BUT NO LUCK, SO HERE I GO... FIRST THINGS FIRST, I'VE HAD THIS SMALL LEAK FROM THE RADIATOR FOR ABOUT A MONTH, NEVER REALLY LOST A LOT OF COOLANT BUT I NOTICED A SMALL DRIP... THEN ONE NIGHT AS I WAS GETTING ON THE FREEWAY I LOST POWER, ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON AND THE DIC READ CHECK CHARGE SYSTEM... HAD THE BATTERY TESTED IT WAS LOW SO GOT A NEW ONE, LASTED 1 DAY.... REPLACED THE ALTENATOR & NEW BATTERY. WELL DUM DUM ME CHECKED AND REPLACED THE FLUIDS AS YOU ALL KNOW THE RADIATOR HAS TO BE REMOVED... IN THE COURE OF THIS I FILLED THE TRANSMISSION "WITHOUT" CHECKING IT  OPERATING TEMPERATURE SO I DIDN'T GET AN ACCURATE READING. LONG STORY MADE KINDA SHORT, I DROVE HER THE NEXT DAY ABOUT 15 MILES AND SHE FIRST OVERHEATED. I PULLLED OVER LET HER COOL, ADDED THE LIL BIT THAT I LOST AND TRIED TO HEAD HOME. HAD TO GET ON THE FREEWAY, AND THAT LASTED ALL BUT 1/2 A MILE. SHE OVERHEATED AGAIN, THE RPMS WENT TO 5000 + (NO REDLINE) AND I PULLED OFF TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION. HAD SOMEONE RECOMMEND DRAINING THE FLUID, AND REPLACING THE SEAL (?)... HOWEVER THIS IS NOT A AURORA EXPERT AND I'M REALLY WONDERING IF I DAMAGED SOMETHING... SHE WON'T GET OUT OF FIRST GEAR. ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED!! SORRY SO LENGTHY BUT TRYING TO GIVE AS MUCH INFO AS POSSIBLE. THANX IN ADVANCE.
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Replying to: ndeysayau95 (Dec 30, 2008 9:14 pm) 1) your radiator drip sound like you have a crack in your radiator or your hoses are broke. First things first. Determine where the drip is coming from. I've had three cases of losing radiator fluid on my 98'. A) Water pump seal bad.(Solution, replace water pump (belt just because) cost $200). B) Radiator hoses: replace outlet and inlet. C) Crack in plastic housing of radiator (replace radiator Dealer price 800$, my price 250$). Before you changed out the Alternator did you check it to see if it was bad? If you just changed it to change it then that was a bad move. More so a waste of money. You should verify how much load you are pulling off the battery. With the coolent leak you had maybe it dripped on to a electrical line and you are getting a short somewhere in your car which would cause all your electrical to go out. What did the Transmission fluid look like. Did it have a burnt smell to it. Should be bright to dark red in color. Considering it is a 95 and if you did damage your tranney. The blue book on this care is not more than 1800$. RIP. |
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Replying to: mastecutor (Dec 31, 2008 8:42 am) The leak in the radiator seems to be coming from the very bottom of the radiator near the cock plugs (there are 2 on mine) I have checked the hoses and they all seem to be ok so Im in the process of finding a radiator. As fr the tranny fluid it doesn't have a burnt smell to it however, it is not bright nor dark red, it actually has a brown tint to it. I notice something new this morning, I tried what they call the idle relearn on it yesterday, and now there is tranny fluid underneath the car not a lot but it seems to have come out of the pan because it is almost rectangular in shape. I haven't driven her since the problem started. I'm leaning toward a diagnostic on the transmission ($50) and if it is blown then I have another option... a local wrecking yard has the exact same car color and all with a bad engine they want $550 I can buy it and swap engines and keep mine for parts or sell it all together. Any input you give is greatly appreciated!! Oh yes, Im a female that tries to keep cost down... and I must add that I've had some really nice cars (Lexus, MBs,Cads) but this Aurora is the best and honestly Im going to hate letting go if it comes to that because no one will appreciate her as much. Thanx
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Replying to: ndeysayau95 (Dec 31, 2008 9:16 am) Besides being clutch material from tranny it could be the convertor clutches. It is highly recommended that be changed at the same time as a tranny rebuild or replace. You might luck out or not. If when you refilled the tranny there were air pockets fluid may have slugged a modulator valve or some other component, especially if you did not let it idle long enough in gear with wheels off ground to allow the transmission to clear all the bubbles and then slowly increase RPM enough to force shifts. The downside with this is that you should have the car supported at the strut so that you are not turning CV joints at the fully extended point. Such a slugging could break a spring in a clutch pack, modulator valve, accumulator, etc. If it is in the modulator pack, it is accessible without pulling tranny from the bottom. I also suspect the end pan may be removeable if some parts are removed from the front of the engine (the belt end) and the engine/tranny assembly is slid to that end. Do check for clearance if trying and let me know if it works. But also there is a known problem with a couple of solenoids in that lower valve assembly and there is a service upgrade for that. Typically they break and leak. Usually this leaves limp home mode which gives only first and second gear and reverse. The parts for that fix were around $100 and you can probably find where several have done the work themselves in one of the Aurora forums. Biggest headache seems that some have accidentally misplaced a small part so it is imperative that you use caution in disassembly and reassembly. Make sure you have a contained environment so that if some small part drops you can find it and check the area routinely for stray parts. Other than basic tools you should have a small torque wrench, which I consider basic anyway.
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Replying to: ndeysayau95 (Dec 31, 2008 9:16 am) I agree the Aurora is an interesting car. But GM's are notoriously bad for electrical problems. That being said they are compounded when dealing with the Olds Aurora. The cost of fixing them can go through the roof. Any one who says that the Aurora is an economical car to maintain is full of something or they work for GM(mind you not for long). Brown by the way is not good if this is the color. I would question the person that put this oil in for you when you said you changed out your transmission fluid. Happy trails.
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Replying to: ndeysayau95 (Dec 31, 2008 9:16 am) Replacement fluid should be GM grade transmission fluid , nothing more and nothing less. When you drain from the pan your only replacing 6-7 quarts of the fluid. You do not actually change out all of the tranney fluid when changing from the pan. Verify your gasget at the pan to see that it is not cracked. you said you have it dripping around the pan. This is not a good sign. You could have been running the car with low transmission fluid levels. A new GM gasget for this car is 50-75$ unless you go with the cheap cork aftermarket gasget which I only reccommend if you plan on keeping the car for a couple years. Draining and checking the tranney fluid is your cheapest route to take. If you go the alternate route of replacing the tranney (mind you if this is the problem) your cost will go up considerably. Dallas Tx.
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Replying to: jeff8789 (Oct 16, 2008 4:45 pm) in some instances those contacters become shorted and your lights will turn on even after the iginition has been shut off. Have seen many peoples batterys drained becasue of this same issue. |
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Replying to: mastecutor (Jan 02, 2009 9:56 am)
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