what would happen if transmission fluid went into the air intake

depends on how much......you could hydrolock the engine turning it into junk quite rapidly.

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some dumb tech try to start it by putting it in the air intake but sat for about a month now i started it. probably about half a quart

We used to 'decarbonize' engines using ATF, a long time ago.
Get engine fully warm...with filter removed...engine at 3000 rpm....slowly pour in ATF untill engine begins to slow.....open throttle to compensate, while pouring ATF into intake..........made a LOT of smoke... ....finally kill engine with a little too much ATF...let sit overnight.....change/clean plugs.

NOT recommended for DIESEL engines !


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dump half a quart all at once and you will see the engine come to a rapid stop..and never run again.....but slowly tricked in while running it will get burned and do no real harm.

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1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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ya my car is still smoking would that be the reason why and should i worry about it ? is it just going out the system?

For anybody else out there that wasn't 100% sure what hydrolock was:

http://www.prepsparkplugs.com/hydrofact.htm

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so letting my car idle for a while would that burn all the oil out from the intake?

ATF is a god way to prevent rust in the cylinders. Maybe he thought it was going to sit for a long time?

it had sat in there for about 6 weeks and i started it 3 days ago. but before that had never been started for 5yrs. is it safe for me to run the engine and burn it all out?

yes

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is there any chance of ruineing the engine?

the only way it would be ruined is if it hydro locked. you said you allready ran it so thats out of the question. you dont have cats or o2 sensors so it will not harm anything. if anything it will clean things. there are seveal people on here that dump trans fluid in the tank.

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no. very little, if any.

thanks for the piece of mind now i can sleep fine