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Old 12-06-2010, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by tbomachines View Post
If it is reddish/pink there is a chance that ATF got into the coolant as well, but the oil will separate. If there was a leaky radiator and stop leak was used, there is a chance ATF got in there as well since (at least on the w126? correct me if wrong please) the radiator doubles as teh trans cooler.

ahhhh...another possibility for sure. This also means that there's coolant in the transmission. Jeez.

Is there a creative way of double checking if the ATF is contaminated? Maybe a blot test of fresh versus suspect atf?
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