My brothers 93 Explorer has had an appetite for ATF over the last year and we'd like to get down to the bottom of it. His truck has a V6 and an auto with overdrive. Anyway, we started noticing problems when the rubber vacuum lines on the vacuum manifold started blowing off on start-up. The ATF was softening the lines and caps enough that they wouldn't hold on! The line from the manifold to the cruise control also had ATF in it so we removed the line and capped the manifold for safety reasons. The engine also has a slight rattle during hard acceleration. Power is still there, we towed my VW Golf 500 km on a dolly without problem. Uhaul would not rent a dolly to us because it was an Explorer but that is another topic.
Why is it sucking up ATF? Is there a PCV style vent on the tranny? Is part of the tranny vacuum operated? The truck doesn't get used a lot due to it being a pig on gas but it does burn off 2 litres of ATF a month.
Thanks, Steve
Why is it sucking up ATF? Is there a PCV style vent on the tranny? Is part of the tranny vacuum operated? The truck doesn't get used a lot due to it being a pig on gas but it does burn off 2 litres of ATF a month.
Thanks, Steve