Any tips would help. 3 weeks ago it was the thermostat, 2 weeks ago it was the tranny, and now its the radiator. It pushing pink milk out of the overflow so its got to be the trans cooling line in the radiator. Any thing I need to know about taking one out and putting a new one back in?
replacing radiator in 2001 4.8 1500 auto.
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Molson02536
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Simple replacement, just take extra care in disconnecting the transmission and oil engine oil cooler lines. NOTE ALSO, INSPECT YOUR TRANSMISSION FLUID AND HAVE IT SERVICED. ANTIFREEZE IN THE TRANSMISSION IS EXTREMELY BAD. Antifreeze will corrode the bearings and hard parts used in a transmission and you may be looking at another transmission of left alone. Good luck and keep us posted that you got your truck running 100% again soon.
Simple replacement, just take extra care in disconnecting the transmission and oil engine oil cooler lines. NOTE ALSO, INSPECT YOUR TRANSMISSION FLUID AND HAVE IT SERVICED. ANTIFREEZE IN THE TRANSMISSION IS EXTREMELY BAD. Antifreeze will corrode the bearings and hard parts used in a transmission and you may be looking at another transmission of left alone. Good luck and keep us posted that you got your truck running 100% again soon.
Thanks, got it all fixed last night. Time will only tell.
Real easy to do thoe. It only took about 1 hour to swap out if that.Molson02536
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Thanks, got it all fixed last night. Time will only tell.
Glad you go the job done, had faith in yha
. But really if you get a chance, get your transmission flushed and filter replaced as soon as you can. $100.00 is much better then $1,700 repair for another transmission. 
Molson02536
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If your transmission fluid is foamy during start ups when your first check the transmission fluid cold. If you start up the engine and check the transmission fluid cold within 30 second or less would give you then best indication cause the fluids have not mixed and still separated and you'll see the condition of the fluid better. There should not be any foamy pink color to your transmission fluid. You may have some bubbles, but you should not see foamy pink color and check the condition of your transmission fluid again after it's warmed up and ran around the block. If the transmission fluid looks better then when it was started, you have Antifreeze contamination.
Good luck friend and when you do get your transmission fluid changed, just add a transmission fluid conditioner. Not a stop leak conditioner, just a fluid conditioner for the transmission.