squeeg333
10-04-2011, 04:31 PM
So, when I was winterizing this past weekend, I came across something I thought was a little strange. I didn't take photos just yet, but can.
I had just removed the impellar, and decided to remove the cooling line going to the tranny cooler - I like to do this to be sure nothing accumulates at the inlet of the strainer on it (you can find impellar parts there, or just collections of weeds and the like). And to preface this, I put a cooling water strainer in the system right before the v-drive, to keep anything large out of the system.
Well, I reached up inside the tranny cooler, and found two small pieces of what look to be gasket material. As I mentioned, I have a strainer on the cooling water line, so there's no way these pieces could have made it thru there. I suppose there is a chance these pieces were stuck in the system prior to me installing the strainer, and finally made their way to the inlet to the transmission cooler. But it got me a little concerned, if they were "new" debris from this year. The only place I could see a gasket coming apart is from the water jacket cover to the v-drive. I saw no leaks from this area, so I think that is alright. But, it was non-the-less surprising.
I'd love for ideas of what these gasket bits might be, but I know I gave a vague description, and I don't think photos would shed any light. I guess this serves as a note to everyone to be sure to check the inlet to the tranny cooler when you winterize just to be sure no objects are in there. I hadn't seen any engine heating issues, but, I'm glad I found these obstructions.
I had just removed the impellar, and decided to remove the cooling line going to the tranny cooler - I like to do this to be sure nothing accumulates at the inlet of the strainer on it (you can find impellar parts there, or just collections of weeds and the like). And to preface this, I put a cooling water strainer in the system right before the v-drive, to keep anything large out of the system.
Well, I reached up inside the tranny cooler, and found two small pieces of what look to be gasket material. As I mentioned, I have a strainer on the cooling water line, so there's no way these pieces could have made it thru there. I suppose there is a chance these pieces were stuck in the system prior to me installing the strainer, and finally made their way to the inlet to the transmission cooler. But it got me a little concerned, if they were "new" debris from this year. The only place I could see a gasket coming apart is from the water jacket cover to the v-drive. I saw no leaks from this area, so I think that is alright. But, it was non-the-less surprising.
I'd love for ideas of what these gasket bits might be, but I know I gave a vague description, and I don't think photos would shed any light. I guess this serves as a note to everyone to be sure to check the inlet to the tranny cooler when you winterize just to be sure no objects are in there. I hadn't seen any engine heating issues, but, I'm glad I found these obstructions.