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Old 04-14-2016, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Roncallo View Post
Glycol Test? How do you do that.

It would have to be a real small leak as I'm not loosing fluid. But we are talking about a qt high. Might be small enough not to trip the coolant low light. So worth checking thanks.
Google says

Glycol In Lubricating Oil - Detection, Analysis and Removal

If you have got coolant in the transmission it is a total bugger - the emulsions formed inside the unit are really difficult to get out and corrosion sets in pretty quickly.
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