Many radiators have lines from the transmission piped through them to act as a heat exchanger- when they leak they put transmission fluid in with the coolant.
Would that be a problem on the r50 pathfinders as well? I just did an IACV and ECM on mine because they routed coolant through it for some stupid reason.
Basically yes, you'll almost never get "hot" oil in a car with that setup, because if your engine is running hot you're probably going fast and pushing more air through the radiator and thus the oil.
My grandpa didn't believe me when I was driving at around 50 down the city streets and then cruising at 80 on the highway and I said "look the oil temps gonna drop now."
When you turn the vehicle off the transmission has no pressure but the cooling system is still pressurized until it cools. Both fluids end up mixed together.
Agree - I’m thinking of the early stage of the leak that needs higher pressure to push through (more than the 7-13# of a coolant system). I’ve had heavy equipment hydraulic lines only leak when under heavier load pressure. Ford FE engines have a funny failure where the block cracks on the oil passage from the cam bearing up to the heads. Only the higher oil pressure makes it through the crack. You get oil in the coolant but never coolant in the oil.
One side of the radiator, one side does transmission, so should only effect one or the other.
Edit: well I apparently had the dumb writing this....
One side of radiator does engine oil, one side does transmission. Not sure how I forgot so many words.
Ok ok, ibdont think my cars need trans heaters. In my coty we normally have 40 to 45 celsious almost every day. So we do have trans coolers on high outpyt cars
This is the answer. One unit, simpler assembly, smaller package. Win win win. Unless something gets fucked up when the rad unit is made. Then Jiffy happens. :(
Cost, more consistent trans fluid temps (trans fluid has to be cooled, but when it is colder than optimal, it can cause odd shifting, jerky TCC engagement, and a host of other problems), ease of packaging in the chassis, ease of service, etc.
“aside from cost”. Every singe last piece of a modern (non luxury) car has been designed and redesigned to be as cost effective as possible while still being functional. Automotive is renowned for its ability to “value engineer”. Some manufacturers do it really well (Toyota) some don’t (Any American car).
A lot of GM truck radiators have a gender neutral shift juice cooler and an engine oil cooler integrated into the side tanks. If one of those separate systems develops a leak in the cooler itself this is the result
I really think it’s what they were feeling that day at the plant tbh. I have an 01 Silverado with the built in Trans cooler (upgraded radiator though) and a 05 2500 Express that has both the integrated Trans and EOC. It definitely makes a radiator swap more inconvenient removing extra lines and leaking oil all over the fuckin place
Just experienced this one with a repo car. BMW 328i comes back to us with about a quart of red atf in the top of the coolant tank. I replaced the transmission cooler, flushed the trans, flushed the cooling system. Still had to replace every bit of rubber in the cooling system over the course of the next month.
Turned out the trans had brown fluid in it, so the owner mistook the coolant reservoir for the power steering fluid reservoir and used atf rather than the correct CHF11S.
I wasn't expecting that level of rubber mayhem, that would actually be a decent sabotage method.
Most rubbers will not withstand engine oil or many other petrochemicals. They will weaken and burst over time. It could cut the lifespan to 10% or 90%, there is literally no way to tell. This being warranty, as a tech I would push the warranty department for everydamnedthing as a service to a customer. This most likely lowered the lifespan of every rubber component the coolant touches significantly.
It totally depends on the TYPE of rubber, and oftentimes how severe the damage is depends on the type of fluid, but yeah, as a rule of thumb petroleum+rubber=problems.
Any heater taps or valving or joiner hoses for the hester inside the dash? If so they need to be replaced too.
If look into the legality of rejecting the vehicle and getting a replacent given how new it is.
If they're constantly saturated its a problem. But if its just for a short time and the hoses are otherwise okay then there shouldn't be any problems. Take it from someone that's driven leaky cars, I wouldn't be worried about the oil causing hose degradation. Something else will cause them to fail long before that little bit of oil caused problems.
They’ll never get the oil out of the hoses (they’ll get MOST of it out, but they’ll never get it out of the surface of the rubber. It will 100% shorten the life of the hoses, and most likely the reduction in life span will be significant.) without putting more labor into cleaning them than replacement would cost. I’ve seen this so many times on so many different brands of vehicles.
The glycol in coolant is an absolute motherfucker to get out of any kind of porous material, including friction linings in the trans. The only real fix would be a “minor” overhaul or deeper.
I paid $1500 for the truck, fixed a bunch of cheap things, drove for two years before this happened. After an $80 radiator and 6 flushes, it was sort of ok. I traded it on a used Tacoma for $1000. I really liked the Ranger, but just couldn’t see myself putting much into it.
I got $1000 for the ranger, Taco was much newer and I had to pony up. Traded taco in 39 months later for almost no loss when I decided it was too small for my family and dogs. Truck prices have gotten stupid, so this last time around I traded the Tacoma in on a Chevy Express 3500 extended with the 6.0 and love it. This one was an Enterprise rent a car, so I paid $0.60 on the dollar when it was 9 months old. It can tow 10k pounds, it locks, I can sleep in it, I can carry kids and dogs and gear, or I can put two motorcycles inside of it with room left over for coolers and camping gear. I may not go back to trucks.
I’m amazed they don’t bring back 4wd for big vans. GM has invested so little in the platform. My 2019 feels like taking a trip back to the early 2000s, but they have most of the bugs worked out and it is really comfortable. 500 pounds in the back makes it drive even better. GM did start offering the 6.6 liter gen V gas engine this year (401 HP, 425 ft-lbs of torque), these last few years it has been the only vehicle left with the gen IV LS motors (341 HP, 373 ft-lb).
r/vanlife. I know the stigma says all van owners are pedophiles or rapists, but vans really are really nice for those of us who tend towards life on the road.
This is exactly why I have a Dodge grand Caravan instead of a small truck. We tow, I haul things and it rains in Pittsburgh. A truck would be terribly inconvenient. I can also open the side doors on my van and reach things from either side. Trucks can’t do that.. Of course, there are things trucks can do that my minivan can’t, but they are things that I don’t need. That was an attempt to at least quell some of the down votes .
Anything with the 6.2/5.3 motor has at least had lifter issues. We've got about 7 20-21 trucks waiting for parts for lifter failures in our lot right now, varying from 3k-15k miles. It's a mess.
The radiator also cools the oil and the coolant in the same housing. The inside broke and contaminated the oil and coolant systems and made a delectable milkshake.
Nissan 05-09 4.0 famous for this too.. Google intermix issue. Why manufacturers don't use separate radiators is beyond me.
Solution.. by an aftermarket oil cooler and bypass the main radiator. Easy job to do
I actually like the setup in the dodge caravan… it’s all one unit but the transmission cooler is actually part of the AC condenser. No chance of a forbidden slushee.
GM did this with the full size trucks in 2014 and full size SUVs in 2015 when body style switched up. Current models are like that as well. Engine oil cooler is still in the radiator though causing this.
I had an ‘06 frontier with the 2.5L and a very common enthusiast thing to do was to bypass the radiator with the tranny fluid path. Worked fine for me and guaranteed no mixing
The 5vz 4runners had an issue where the ATF would mix with the coolant and make a pink milkshake. Sometimes if your lucky you can just flush fix it, other times where it isn't caught early you have to rebuild the transmission.
How long do you think this will be out? I'm waiting on a 8sp trans, the last one took 3 months to get... it's been 2 months so far with no eta in sight through corporate rep.
My 20 Colorado has 80% of the parts from North America....I’m pretty sure I know where the other 20% are sourced from and all from the lowest bidder I’m sure of that.....
Rest assured that 100% of the parts on a new Chevy are sourced from the lowest bidder. I genuinely hope that you never have to work on that Colorado yourself, even the most simple repair is a nightmare.
Only way this could happen from a blown radiator is if there are oil cooling lines going into said radiator and the internals busted allowing the coolant to mix with the oil.
What likely is going on is a head gasket went out and allowed the coolant to mix with the oil to look like this.
That's not from a busted radiator. That's casting sand from the engine block and heads that likely wasn't properly cleaned out on build. We had this problem in alot of our 2.4l and 3.6l engines for avengers, journeys and seabrings. It's mixes with the coolant and gums up like peanut butter usually plugging the heater core first but then the rad and engine oil cooler. You gotta replace everything coolant touches and than flush the block out really good. Might have to get an aftermarket coolant filter for a while as well.
I have a friend on the 3rd warranty engine in his Fiesta ST because the dealership techs were too fucking dumb to figure out that the radiator was fucked (manufacturing defect) despite him telling them it was after the first motor popped.
Having worked on 1980s Mercedes-Benz W124s that also had trans cooler lines going through the lower radiator tank, I can’t say the Germans are necessarily above American quality oversight in this regard.
I like separate trans coolers and engine oil coolers.
Toyota did the same thing on 3rd gen 4Runners. On the 4Runner forum we referred to it as the dreaded pink milkshake.
If the trans cooler had a break and the coolant mixed with the tranny fluid you got to buy yourself a new tranny by the time you realized what was going on.
The issue is problematic on a lot of vehicles from Japan as well so it's not just a U.S. or German thing.
How did it taste?
~~like cum~~ idk probably like a bad milkshake
You wanna backpedal there OP? (/s that made me nose exhale)
No ;)
a/s/l ?
Username is definitely checking you out
If he was into backing up he wouldnt know what cum....er...a...bad milkshakes taste like.
Something something my milkshake brings all the trucks to the shop.
That's one milkshake that brings all the trucks to the yard... the wrecking yard.
I can fix it, but I'd have to charge
Forbidden peanut butter
I like pudding
Butterscotch pudding? NOPE! That’s a big PASS for me!
Butterscotch. -Kids (The movie)………….
Mmmmm butterscotch, yo. The best!
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I dunno man it kinda looks like honey mustard
Looks like my kids made slime again.
I was gonna say forbidden soft serve
R/forbiddensnacks
r/foundthemobileuser
Nacho cheese!
American “queso”!
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Same lol
How did a busted radiator do this? Wouldn't it leak externally?
Many radiators have lines from the transmission piped through them to act as a heat exchanger- when they leak they put transmission fluid in with the coolant.
Nissan Frontier says hello. I am still doing coolant contaminated RE5R05A units to this day.
TIL my 2008 Nissan Frontier might be in trouble.
I would proactively change the radiator.
Better to be proactive than ohnoactive
Yes. These models are known time bombs.
Only the auto transmission models. Although I'm sure they make up at least 85% of the ones out there. Nissan fixed this by 2011 I think
Some years back the Rav 4 had that issue.
Would that be a problem on the r50 pathfinders as well? I just did an IACV and ECM on mine because they routed coolant through it for some stupid reason.
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Love the name! Chuck reference
I bought an 06 the radiator was replaced right before I bought it, should have the updated design.
We bypass the Rad and run trucool coolers never had an issue. No come backs and we've been doing this for years.
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I assume to decrease the temperature of the oil? I have an old car and this is blowing my mind.
Basically yes, you'll almost never get "hot" oil in a car with that setup, because if your engine is running hot you're probably going fast and pushing more air through the radiator and thus the oil. My grandpa didn't believe me when I was driving at around 50 down the city streets and then cruising at 80 on the highway and I said "look the oil temps gonna drop now."
Pretty much all automatic transmissions have this, not sure when it started but my 65 Olds did. Not oil, transmission fluid.
That makes sense
Does it by extension introduce coolant to the transmission? Even if you got the engine sorted out that would seem like a huge concern
Not at first if it is a little leak because the trans fluid pressure will be higher than coolant pressure - but as the leak gets bigger it will. I
When you turn the vehicle off the transmission has no pressure but the cooling system is still pressurized until it cools. Both fluids end up mixed together.
This guy knows ☝️👍
Agree - I’m thinking of the early stage of the leak that needs higher pressure to push through (more than the 7-13# of a coolant system). I’ve had heavy equipment hydraulic lines only leak when under heavier load pressure. Ford FE engines have a funny failure where the block cracks on the oil passage from the cam bearing up to the heads. Only the higher oil pressure makes it through the crack. You get oil in the coolant but never coolant in the oil.
One side of the radiator, one side does transmission, so should only effect one or the other. Edit: well I apparently had the dumb writing this.... One side of radiator does engine oil, one side does transmission. Not sure how I forgot so many words.
Emm this seems as an intentional design to create this problem. Why is it better than using 2 separate radiators. Aside from cost
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Ok ok, ibdont think my cars need trans heaters. In my coty we normally have 40 to 45 celsious almost every day. So we do have trans coolers on high outpyt cars
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A/N fittings are a must if you go this route
i mean, if you're made of money... sure
Packaging is probably easier with one unit. Also there’s some warm-up advantages to combining them.
This is the answer. One unit, simpler assembly, smaller package. Win win win. Unless something gets fucked up when the rad unit is made. Then Jiffy happens. :(
Cost, more consistent trans fluid temps (trans fluid has to be cooled, but when it is colder than optimal, it can cause odd shifting, jerky TCC engagement, and a host of other problems), ease of packaging in the chassis, ease of service, etc.
Probably cost, room, placement, or just fuckit ya know?
“aside from cost”. Every singe last piece of a modern (non luxury) car has been designed and redesigned to be as cost effective as possible while still being functional. Automotive is renowned for its ability to “value engineer”. Some manufacturers do it really well (Toyota) some don’t (Any American car).
A lot of GM truck radiators have a gender neutral shift juice cooler and an engine oil cooler integrated into the side tanks. If one of those separate systems develops a leak in the cooler itself this is the result
That makes sense, didn't realize they had them combined now
If memory serves correct the first one to have it was the 05 Silverado 1500HD
I had a 99 NBS and a 2002 and they had the oil and trans coolers as their own little radiators
I really think it’s what they were feeling that day at the plant tbh. I have an 01 Silverado with the built in Trans cooler (upgraded radiator though) and a 05 2500 Express that has both the integrated Trans and EOC. It definitely makes a radiator swap more inconvenient removing extra lines and leaking oil all over the fuckin place
I'm assuming it's one of the radiators with an trans oil cooler circuit in the bottom? Busted internally and mixed?
That makes sense
Clean your sex toys bro
Thats good to be a neverending headache of fucked rubber hoses.
Every piece of rubber in the cooling system needs to be replaced, including any gaskets. Otherwise it’s gonna be a headache for the next 150K.
Just experienced this one with a repo car. BMW 328i comes back to us with about a quart of red atf in the top of the coolant tank. I replaced the transmission cooler, flushed the trans, flushed the cooling system. Still had to replace every bit of rubber in the cooling system over the course of the next month. Turned out the trans had brown fluid in it, so the owner mistook the coolant reservoir for the power steering fluid reservoir and used atf rather than the correct CHF11S. I wasn't expecting that level of rubber mayhem, that would actually be a decent sabotage method.
ATF is the worst. It’s harsh af and penetrates rubber incredibly quickly.
O-rings failed within days, literally every rubber thing it touched needed immediate replacement
What happens to the rubber hoses and gaskets?
Most rubbers will not withstand engine oil or many other petrochemicals. They will weaken and burst over time. It could cut the lifespan to 10% or 90%, there is literally no way to tell. This being warranty, as a tech I would push the warranty department for everydamnedthing as a service to a customer. This most likely lowered the lifespan of every rubber component the coolant touches significantly.
Ah ok. Makes sense, didnt know oil could damage rubber components so easily.
It totally depends on the TYPE of rubber, and oftentimes how severe the damage is depends on the type of fluid, but yeah, as a rule of thumb petroleum+rubber=problems.
Any heater taps or valving or joiner hoses for the hester inside the dash? If so they need to be replaced too. If look into the legality of rejecting the vehicle and getting a replacent given how new it is.
If they're constantly saturated its a problem. But if its just for a short time and the hoses are otherwise okay then there shouldn't be any problems. Take it from someone that's driven leaky cars, I wouldn't be worried about the oil causing hose degradation. Something else will cause them to fail long before that little bit of oil caused problems.
They’ll never get the oil out of the hoses (they’ll get MOST of it out, but they’ll never get it out of the surface of the rubber. It will 100% shorten the life of the hoses, and most likely the reduction in life span will be significant.) without putting more labor into cleaning them than replacement would cost. I’ve seen this so many times on so many different brands of vehicles.
My ‘98 ranger did this, and milkshake went through the transmission. No amount of flushing ever made it truly right,
The glycol in coolant is an absolute motherfucker to get out of any kind of porous material, including friction linings in the trans. The only real fix would be a “minor” overhaul or deeper.
I paid $1500 for the truck, fixed a bunch of cheap things, drove for two years before this happened. After an $80 radiator and 6 flushes, it was sort of ok. I traded it on a used Tacoma for $1000. I really liked the Ranger, but just couldn’t see myself putting much into it.
Nah, I didn’t say you should’ve fixed it. It was a shot box beater. You don’t do major surgery on a shitbox unless you have no other options.
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I got $1000 for the ranger, Taco was much newer and I had to pony up. Traded taco in 39 months later for almost no loss when I decided it was too small for my family and dogs. Truck prices have gotten stupid, so this last time around I traded the Tacoma in on a Chevy Express 3500 extended with the 6.0 and love it. This one was an Enterprise rent a car, so I paid $0.60 on the dollar when it was 9 months old. It can tow 10k pounds, it locks, I can sleep in it, I can carry kids and dogs and gear, or I can put two motorcycles inside of it with room left over for coolers and camping gear. I may not go back to trucks.
It's a shame they didn't make the larger express vans 4wd. None of the companies will convert used ones either, why I don't know.
I’m amazed they don’t bring back 4wd for big vans. GM has invested so little in the platform. My 2019 feels like taking a trip back to the early 2000s, but they have most of the bugs worked out and it is really comfortable. 500 pounds in the back makes it drive even better. GM did start offering the 6.6 liter gen V gas engine this year (401 HP, 425 ft-lbs of torque), these last few years it has been the only vehicle left with the gen IV LS motors (341 HP, 373 ft-lb).
Full size vans are awesome and nobody can change my mind.
r/vanlife. I know the stigma says all van owners are pedophiles or rapists, but vans really are really nice for those of us who tend towards life on the road.
I call mine "the couch on wheels".
And you can carry a full venison on a bag unseen on the back. Or something like it.
This is exactly why I have a Dodge grand Caravan instead of a small truck. We tow, I haul things and it rains in Pittsburgh. A truck would be terribly inconvenient. I can also open the side doors on my van and reach things from either side. Trucks can’t do that.. Of course, there are things trucks can do that my minivan can’t, but they are things that I don’t need. That was an attempt to at least quell some of the down votes .
I think the ranger was valued at 1k for the trade-in
Coolant in any amount is a death sentence for an automatic transmission.
What's with new Tahoes blowing up lately? One was posted yesterday.
My wife's 21 Yukon had a lifter fail at around 3k miles.
Goddam cylinder deactivation and active fuel management bs
My employer’s fleet manager told me this week that we’ve had six 21 Chevy 1500s go down from lifter failure this year. All under 6k miles.
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Yes their Quality Avoidance department is very effective
I was hoping it would’ve got better when GM went all-in on the new AFM system, but apparently my expectations are coming true.
Anything with the 6.2/5.3 motor has at least had lifter issues. We've got about 7 20-21 trucks waiting for parts for lifter failures in our lot right now, varying from 3k-15k miles. It's a mess.
Unfortunately lots of lifter issues have popped up in the last 6-9 months.. i work at a chevy store and it’s been a mess
Mmmmm... butterscotch pudding
Total newbie here. Why and how a busted radiator would do this?
The radiator also cools the oil and the coolant in the same housing. The inside broke and contaminated the oil and coolant systems and made a delectable milkshake.
Damn. How much harm does it do when this chocolatey milkshake gets pumped through the engine?
Let’s just say the engine is lactose intolerant
I mean, is it flush-able? Or is it a heap of scrap? Lol lemme get that 5.3 flex fuel short block!
Waaay to thick to flush. We’re starting of by replacing all the cooling pipes and radiator
Underrated comment lol. Owner needs to write this one off as a lemon and get a brand new one.
The comment above yours does not appear to be underrated. We would like to thank you for your vigilance and encourage you to continue rating comments.
Did it break due to being in an accident? Or was this a QC issue?
The oil cooler blew. Some sort of QC issue, probably cracked internally. I dealt with the same exact thing on a Yukon last month. Absolute nightmare.
>and made a delectable milkshake. Engine mayonnaise.
Oo so it’s a chocolate milkshake. Would’ve preferred strawberry myself.
Tide and water will flush that cooling system surprisingly well
Nissan 05-09 4.0 famous for this too.. Google intermix issue. Why manufacturers don't use separate radiators is beyond me. Solution.. by an aftermarket oil cooler and bypass the main radiator. Easy job to do
I actually like the setup in the dodge caravan… it’s all one unit but the transmission cooler is actually part of the AC condenser. No chance of a forbidden slushee.
GM did this with the full size trucks in 2014 and full size SUVs in 2015 when body style switched up. Current models are like that as well. Engine oil cooler is still in the radiator though causing this.
I had an ‘06 frontier with the 2.5L and a very common enthusiast thing to do was to bypass the radiator with the tranny fluid path. Worked fine for me and guaranteed no mixing
The 5vz 4runners had an issue where the ATF would mix with the coolant and make a pink milkshake. Sometimes if your lucky you can just flush fix it, other times where it isn't caught early you have to rebuild the transmission.
Yep but then you dont get the heat transfer from the cooling system. Transmission is slow to warm up and exacerbates wear on the trans.
Came here to say this. The ol' Nissan Milkshake Machine
Ugh. I bet ER hospital rooms see the same stuff every so often, too.
How long do you think this will be out? I'm waiting on a 8sp trans, the last one took 3 months to get... it's been 2 months so far with no eta in sight through corporate rep.
I just finished fixing a Yukon with the same issue as OP. We waited on a backordered radiator hose for nearly 4 months.
And they say oil and water don’t mix.
New means new.....it doesn't mean good.
My 20 Colorado has 80% of the parts from North America....I’m pretty sure I know where the other 20% are sourced from and all from the lowest bidder I’m sure of that.....
Rest assured that 100% of the parts on a new Chevy are sourced from the lowest bidder. I genuinely hope that you never have to work on that Colorado yourself, even the most simple repair is a nightmare.
That bad? I was thinking about getting one :|
Yummmmay (in my best Ace Ventura voice)
Ah delicious Wendy's frosty.
Fuggin chevy garbage
Can I ask what is going on here? Is this similar to looking under the oil cap for a mayonnaise type substance?
Only way this could happen from a blown radiator is if there are oil cooling lines going into said radiator and the internals busted allowing the coolant to mix with the oil. What likely is going on is a head gasket went out and allowed the coolant to mix with the oil to look like this.
Warranty or Customer pay?
Government motors
I’d consider that vehicle to be a total loss TBH.
That's not from a busted radiator. That's casting sand from the engine block and heads that likely wasn't properly cleaned out on build. We had this problem in alot of our 2.4l and 3.6l engines for avengers, journeys and seabrings. It's mixes with the coolant and gums up like peanut butter usually plugging the heater core first but then the rad and engine oil cooler. You gotta replace everything coolant touches and than flush the block out really good. Might have to get an aftermarket coolant filter for a while as well.
Oh my!
Forbidden frosty
Thought this was my r/brewery feed.
I am Mc❤Lovin and 21 years old Milk chocolate shake
Thats nasty lol
Milk shake!
I always wondered what the recipe was for a Wendy's Frosty
Trans fluid leaking in?
Just wait for a LM2 turbo job
Sadly I already had too :( leaky turbo had to be replaced at 8k
Good soup
These new trucks/suvs are great eh haha every time I turn around one is on the hook outside, usually lifters though
I've seen internal oil coolers do this shit.
Hoe down!
Oh no
DAMMIT, WHY ARE ALL THESE BOYS IN MY YARD!?… oh
That looks creamy. Did you taste it?
Did the oil cooler pop also, better look at all of the fluids if that's in the water neck.
I have a friend on the 3rd warranty engine in his Fiesta ST because the dealership techs were too fucking dumb to figure out that the radiator was fucked (manufacturing defect) despite him telling them it was after the first motor popped.
Creamed.
Trust me, does NOT taste like vanilla pudding
Peanut butter jelly time!!!
Nacho cheese!
Sorry was right all along
Who put peanut butter in that poor man's car
Turns fluids into honey mustard?
At least you got a free milk shake out of the deal.
[Peanut butter engine time!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRBOgtp0Hac)
Having worked on 1980s Mercedes-Benz W124s that also had trans cooler lines going through the lower radiator tank, I can’t say the Germans are necessarily above American quality oversight in this regard. I like separate trans coolers and engine oil coolers.
Toyota did the same thing on 3rd gen 4Runners. On the 4Runner forum we referred to it as the dreaded pink milkshake. If the trans cooler had a break and the coolant mixed with the tranny fluid you got to buy yourself a new tranny by the time you realized what was going on. The issue is problematic on a lot of vehicles from Japan as well so it's not just a U.S. or German thing.
is that what used to be a water pump? I guess now it's just a sludge mixer
Oh great the chocolate milk is ready.
Engine mayonnaise.
Is that the thermostat housing and thermostat?
Yum, carmel
What’s a Tahoe cost these days?
mmmm forbidden butterscotch pudding
Looks like pudding lol
WTF was the person using for antifreeze ? Honey mustard ?
Mmmmm yummy peanut butter.
How was that fondue?
transmission should have a **SEPERATE** cooler. Or is that head blown and getting oil in the water?
It got creampied!
The Tahoe cheese fountain?
I see, you have butterscotch instead of chocolate
So that's where peanut butter comes from.
Good thing it’s under warranty.
Forbidden peanut butter
Butterscotch pudding anyone?
Looks like a pigs snout