Here the issue on my wife's car (stinking POS) any help would be wonderfull since there is no info out there.
OK I'm officially ready to scream. I found out today that the POS radiator has developed a hole in it allowing the coolant and tranny fluids to mix...yep a whole 69k on the car, sick! So the dealer wants to not only change the radiator but the tranny as well (LMAO) it's slipping slightly but mostly because it's low on fluid. Well after hearing they want $1000 to pull the radiator I want to look into pulling it myself. So I need a little help since there are no FSM's for this thing.
1. how long should it take keeping in mind I've pulled engines and trannies.
2. Is there a trick to separate the AC condenser from the radiator without having to discharge the AC system.
3. can you flush the tranny using the transmission cooling lines?
4. are there any other tricks to get the radiator out?
5. can the radiator be serviced?
6. is there any negative aspects to installing a separate tranny cooler and abandoning the one in the radiator?
this whole thing is blowing my mind when I'm comparing it to my Land Cruiser
that has 200,000 miles on it and has never had a major repair more than an alternator.
2003 s60 2.5t automatic FWD
phoenix, az
lesson learned = car should be Japanese, Truck should be Japanese.
OK I'm officially ready to scream. I found out today that the POS radiator has developed a hole in it allowing the coolant and tranny fluids to mix...yep a whole 69k on the car, sick! So the dealer wants to not only change the radiator but the tranny as well (LMAO) it's slipping slightly but mostly because it's low on fluid. Well after hearing they want $1000 to pull the radiator I want to look into pulling it myself. So I need a little help since there are no FSM's for this thing.
1. how long should it take keeping in mind I've pulled engines and trannies.
2. Is there a trick to separate the AC condenser from the radiator without having to discharge the AC system.
3. can you flush the tranny using the transmission cooling lines?
4. are there any other tricks to get the radiator out?
5. can the radiator be serviced?
6. is there any negative aspects to installing a separate tranny cooler and abandoning the one in the radiator?
this whole thing is blowing my mind when I'm comparing it to my Land Cruiser

2003 s60 2.5t automatic FWD
phoenix, az
lesson learned = car should be Japanese, Truck should be Japanese.