ATF leak at front of car

[fblainen11]

I thought the same thing until mine broke and I had to replace the transmission. I highlighted one word from your post that "should" sum it it up for you. I wouldn't want to bank on something that "should" be fine. Spend the extra $70 and never worry about it again.

If the OEM radiator were so much better there "should" not have been any problems to begin with and the term pink milkshake would not exist.

 

[MStudt]

If the OEM radiator were so much better there "should" not have been any problems to begin with and the term pink milkshake would not exist.

Again the "should" comes out. Just like I "should" have installed an external cooler before I "had" to buy a new transmission. Makes a lot more sense to spend $75 on a new transmission cooler that "will" prevent the milkshake. Rather than spending $1700 on a reman transmission, another $100 on a radiator, and then still the original $75 for the cooler.

This is a no brainer, and I wouldn't think twice about it.

 

[cashmoney]

OEM is great and all but it's not the end all be all of design. I've seen OEM parts fail in 6k miles and that same part go 200k on another vehicle. Everything can fail. Just a matter of when and how often.

 

[fblainen11]

Let's just hope the non OEM external cooler doesn't leak and cause the transmission to ruin.

 

[7echo]

Let's just hope the non OEM external cooler doesn't leak and cause the transmission to ruin.

Or even if we used an OEM cooler. The cooler should last a long time, but could fail as well. There is the 'should' again. When I got my 1999 4R it had a little over 100,000 miles. The first thing I did was change the radiator. Now I am reading threads about coolers and trying to decide what to do as far as a cooler is concerned. I have not found a thread about a cooler failing yet. It is a conflicting issue when you think of all the options. Or over think them, like I do, LOL.