Hello everyone.
Heh, I hate for my first post to be a cry for help, but here it is:
Pretty much, I bought a 1997 Pontiac SE 3.8L from a private party and I knew it had at least 2 problems. 1: RUST. It was a minnisota car so it has pretty good car cancer on the sides and some on the trunk and hood lining. 2: TRANNY. The PO said that the transmission coolant line is leaking tranny fluid. I knew that and bought 2 bottles of fluid before I bought the car. Anyways, he had the car listed at $800, and I talked him down to 700 (rust and such). I even bought the line needed to fix it (at least thats what the people at advanced auto told me i needed). Well, I put tranny fluid in it and prepared for the drive home. Now before I get flammed I had driven my parent's 1988 S10 Blazer 4.3L vortec blazer when it was slipping and it drove an amazing 50 miles home. So, that said, I prepared for a 6 mile drive through Huntsville, TX. It had a full amount of fluid..so the dipstick said. Anyhow, I drove it home and the speed decreased SO bad that I was doing 35mph in a 65mph zone. YES i had my flashers on..YES I was being honked at. It kept hunting for a gear and was slipping like mad. But yeah, about a mile from home, I called AAA to have me towed home (FREE!!!). Why 1 mile from home? Oh yeah, the car was overheating. When I went home my car marked its territory with 3 pee marks; tranny fluid, oil and..coolant. I tried putting new coolant in, but it went through the poor car.
So I have a few questions to ask about it;
Could the tranny coolant line be the only fix the transmission needs to be fixed so it wont slip? (When i put more fluid in, it runs GREAT. So great in fact, I accidentally screeched the tires xD). Also, does anyone have a radiator they can sell near Huntsville, TX or would be willing to ship?
I have no clue how to work on this car..I used to own a old school modified '86 MR2..super fast. Heh...I tried driving the GP like my old car..I took a turn at MR2 speed (35mph in a 90 degree left hand turn and got mad tire squealing.).
Any help is appreciated!
Thank you!
