The thing that concerns me perhaps the most about this time is no longer the transmission, but rather that I may have some kind of super-small pinhole head gasket leak. I do not know if I am a hyperchondriac, but in sniffing the oil cap after operation, I sometimes open it and see NO liquid (could be oil, as it is the OIL cap.. anyways) - I sometimes see NO liquid on the bottom of the cap, and *MAY* smell some antifreeze/coolant (I know the smell of antifreeze) - and sometimes, I feel like I may.........
I have been flushing/bleeding the system a lot. I got all the distilled White Vinegar out of there, (heard it cleans very well) and put in one bottle Prestone Super Flush. The water still looks brown, but "only half of it" (it is only brown coming from upper hose, my theory to buy 20 gallons distilled and run it through appears to be working.)
IF I DO HAVE A SUPER SMALL LEAK, THEN MY CONCERN IS THAT IT WILL BECOME BIGGER. Therefore, AS SOON AS MY WATER RUNS CLEAR, I plan on using Blue Devil, from cold, as per what it says. This should be MOST effective om SMALL leak, especially using ALL the bottle, and letting it sit a LONG time.
Otherwise, the transmission feels a LOT better. There was NO OVERDRIVE DROP-OUT TODAY! The only thing it does that concerns me, is... Full hot, sitting at a light.. The 1-2 shift doesn't "slam," but kind of revs on the shift and bucks the car 3-4 times sometimes, THEN shift.s Then at the next light, if easy on the gas, doesn't do that.
Maybe some more fluid change is in order, but WOW does it feel improved.
Otherwise, aside from getting all the mud out of the block in the only way that I can, everything seems well, and my theory about the head gasket could be wrong, OR the hole could be somewhere else, hence why I will Blue Devil it once the water runs clear. (Could be in the block or head. Who knows. Or a cylinder. Or something. I dont know!) But the "intermittent nature" of the RPMs (they fluxuate, like the "Wahwahwah" key on a casio, on the same note) makes me think that Blue Devil can't hurt, and may 100% solve the issue. (In which case, I am making the leak bigger every day the water does not run clear.)
Today was the first day I did not have to disconnect the battery, so, the engine cooling IS improving, and so is the whole vehicle.
Brakes no longer grind
Car no longer loses Overdrive
Coolant is a lighter brown than it was..
These are all good things.
I also decided that I will not set myself up for a low-ball just to get this sold. I will use it.
How am I doing?
