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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Age: 26
Posts: 152
Real Name: Roman Schnobrich
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Age: 26
Posts: 152
Real Name: Roman Schnobrich
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Narrowly Avoided Milkshake
Hey all, I've had a puzzling event take place. I'm a college student, and I'm on year 4 of owning my 2000 SR5. I do very mild wheeling with it, mainly rough forest roads. With that being said, I spend loads of time on this forum and the several active 3rd Gen Facebook pages, so I'm quite familiar with the pink milkshake. On Sunday, I was about to head to the grocery store when my roommate ran out and said to kill the ignition so I immediately did... transmission fluid and coolant were puking out of my transmission send line. I was super confused at first, but quickly figured out it was the notorious millkshake. And damn! I had an external cooler in the box, was just waiting for a free chunk of time to put it in. Anyway, I replaced the radiator, put new transmission and coolant in (flushed the radiator/engine of coolant 3 times), and it's been driving as normal. I went to get it flushed professionally by a shop today, and they checked the transmission fluid and said it'd be a waste of money-- they couldn't see any traces of coolant in my new trans fluid. So what gives? Is my transmission gonna start acting up any day now, or did the line somehow blow out as they mixed?
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