So....I crossed 100K of ownership today and I think my car is on it's way out.

I hit a road gator on the way to a customer. First customer of my new job. It missed the body but hit the bottom of the engine compartment. No issues right away but I pulled over right after to gas up.

I didn't see anything at the station or when I stopped for a coffee. Right after I was pulling on to the highway and it felt stuck in first gear. Engine raced but I could not shift at all. Car never overheated and no warning lights came on.

When I pulled over it basically was dumping fluid. I found transmission fluid, coolant and washer fluid.

I suspect the road gator cracked the radiator and the washer fluid tank. Not sure what else cause all that.

Any other suspects?

 

hard to say without a visual inspection but definitely sounds serious

 

I may know more tomorrow. It's at the dealership now.

 

The washer fluid seems odd, but I do have a theory on the ATF and Radiator fluid. My Honda Pilot had a severe loss of fluid and it turned out that the ATF line that runs to the radiator corroded and broke off the radiator- it was a clean break at the radiator. The fix was a new radiator and new ATF in the transmission and all is well.

 

I suspect that the gator cracked the radiator and the tank for the washer fluid. Not sure why else I would see blue fluid in the mix.

 

I do not envy you.... good luck and hopefully it will not be that expensive

 

transmission cooler lines got damaged would be my guess

 

Damn Ravi sorry to hear that and I agree with your #5 post

 

Thanks.

How's life?

 

Call insurance.. assuming your deductible isn't $1k.

 

Verdict is in....issue is worn fitting that caused it to come apart. They cannot confirm nor deny that the gator did it but said it is not likely. They said they have seen this before.

The tech said it will be about 1000 but I did not have any fluid mixed in the transmission or the radiator so I should not have any issues down the road.

 

I'll have the exact parts that failed tomorrow.

 

1000

Sounds like bullshit to me.

 

1000 is the going rate for bullshit.

 

If that were true, I'd be a billionaire.

 

Hopefully they give you a lollipop and some preparation-H after. Post their bullshit write-up and we'll tell you how to fix it for $20 and an old-fashioned.

 

So the issue was that one of the inlet tunes that connect to the lower part of the radiator broke completely off. There was corrosion so it is not likely that the tire did it. The fluids I saw was the coolant and the transmission fluid. Not the washer fluid.

The radiator was 340. And I needed to replace all the transmission fluid and coolant.

I'm sure I could have gotten it done cheaper or do it myself but I did not have the time to do it myself.

 

Sorry to hear.
It does sound like the problem mentioned by LaCostaRacer in post #3.