2008 CVT ran dry
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2008 CVT ran dry
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The wife ran over a tree limb of some type this morning. It managed to puncture the transmission cooler line, through the plastic skirt under the radiator!
She noticed the car "smoking" about 2 miles later, turned around and drove about 4 miles back home. She said it didn't feel like it was running wrong until she pulled up the hill to the the garage. there was a puddle in front of the garage, and under the lift where she parked it when I got home.
I am not measuring anything on the dip stick. What should I do now? drop the pan? Just fill it up and see what happens? Have it towed to a transmission shop? set it on fire?
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It might still be good. If you have the money take it to a trans shop but if it was me I would drop the pan inspect and then fill it up and see what happens from there. Maybe its cheaper to do that first before taking it to a shop.
#5
I am reading the FSM for the CVT and no where does it ever mention dropping the pan to change the fluid. Says to run old out of the return line (the one that had the hole) and fill through the tube with new will idling.
From what I can see there is no screen or filter in the pan?? should I still drop the pan?
When I started it up for about a minute it was pretty much pouring out the return line before I shut it down, so it wasnt dry when she parked it.
From what I can see there is no screen or filter in the pan?? should I still drop the pan?
When I started it up for about a minute it was pretty much pouring out the return line before I shut it down, so it wasnt dry when she parked it.
#8
i would still get it checked out though, even on low fluid things can get damaged
although at work a few days ago a guy was driving his Avalanche on the highway and a piece blew off and he lost all of his tranny fluid and we just put a new fitting on and filled it up and it drove fine and wasnt slipping or anything after
although at work a few days ago a guy was driving his Avalanche on the highway and a piece blew off and he lost all of his tranny fluid and we just put a new fitting on and filled it up and it drove fine and wasnt slipping or anything after
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I really don't think that there is anything to "check" on the CVT. It's my understanding that Nissan won't even repair them, they just replace them. If it were my car, I would replace the damaged line, fill it with fluid, and drive it and see what happens. WORST case is your going to have to replace the trans. The CHEAPEST route at this point is just replace the line, refill it, and drive it and see what happens.
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If it was my car, I would have drove the car until it did not shift anymore
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I really don't think that there is anything to "check" on the CVT. It's my understanding that Nissan won't even repair them, they just replace them. If it were my car, I would replace the damaged line, fill it with fluid, and drive it and see what happens. WORST case is your going to have to replace the trans. The CHEAPEST route at this point is just replace the line, refill it, and drive it and see what happens.
#22
Drained what was left out of pan and cooler, got about 2 quarts total. Filled and flushed, total added back was 12.5 quarts, total removed was about 6 quarts, so had maybe 4 quarts still in it. At least 2 quarts drained out on the driveway.
Drove it quite a bit today, and doesn't seem to be any worse for the wear. Might have dodged a bullet!
The fluid that came out was light brownish, the new fluid is green. What color would one expect the fluid to be normally with 50 K miles???
Drove it quite a bit today, and doesn't seem to be any worse for the wear. Might have dodged a bullet!
The fluid that came out was light brownish, the new fluid is green. What color would one expect the fluid to be normally with 50 K miles???
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Drained what was left out of pan and cooler, got about 2 quarts total. Filled and flushed, total added back was 12.5 quarts, total removed was about 6 quarts, so had maybe 4 quarts still in it. At least 2 quarts drained out on the driveway.
Drove it quite a bit today, and doesn't seem to be any worse for the wear. Might have dodged a bullet!
The fluid that came out was light brownish, the new fluid is green. What color would one expect the fluid to be normally with 50 K miles???
Drove it quite a bit today, and doesn't seem to be any worse for the wear. Might have dodged a bullet!
The fluid that came out was light brownish, the new fluid is green. What color would one expect the fluid to be normally with 50 K miles???
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