swathdiver
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It's not a problem, it's a wear item.
Tonyrodz's Tahoe Build Thread
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I'm gonna go try to light some on fire! My line popped off where it connects to the trans just as I was getting off an expressway and blew fluid all over my exhaust and all under my truck and all over the back. What a mess!
Just now? Really?
The one positive for you two is that trans fluid protects metal. I used to coat the undercarriage of my plow trucks with it. It cleans, lubes and protects.
OK I call ******** on the "highly flammable" statement about ATF, or even flammable period. I just tried to light some, first with a lighter (fail) and then with a propane torch. I poured a small puddle on the concrete floor in my garage and the only flame I got from it was after the torch was on it for a couple minutes and it had almost all evaporated from the heat, I saw a tiny flame for a second and then it was gone.
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Tonyrodz
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Ok, but I sure don't wanna find out the hard way. I'm surprised, with my luck, I got away as good as I did.
HiHoeSilver
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Yup. If it were flammable, it would have to be labeled as such. It's not. The only warning on it should be to avoid prolonged contact with skin and eyes.
It's just another of Tony's mechanics that don't know sh*t about sh*t lol. Damn Tony, where do you find these guys?
SirReal63
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I learned in Physics class long ago that anything will burn if the conditions are right.
Take a high pressure line with a pinhole leak that aerosolizes transmission fluid and it will be very flammable, if it sprays on a hot exhaust manifold, it could ignite. It is possible, but also very unlikely.
Take a high pressure line with a pinhole leak that aerosolizes transmission fluid and it will be very flammable, if it sprays on a hot exhaust manifold, it could ignite. It is possible, but also very unlikely.
00'BlueSteel
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Goodness lines popping everywhere. Thinking I should probably swap out new lines and fittings when I get the burb back. Was already planning on doing a transcooler upgrade and temp gauge.
Scottydoggs
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back in HS a friends car, a 77 impala. we swapped its rad out, the trans lines twisted, he used rubber hose to patch it up, well that line blew, coated the bay with fluid, and that car burned in my driveway, like the FD came to put it out. very real issue. very flammable when it meets high heat items, like the exhaust manifolds. dont need a open flame to light up.
next test, frying pan of aft, get that pan red hot, dump some fluid on it, bet it catches fire then.
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.......aaaannnndd include a video cause that sounds awesome. [emoji38]
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I disagree. Not if the fluid isn't flammable to start with. I just tried to "aerosolize" it with a damn torch lol. Still wouldn't catch fire. With fire.
mizzouguy
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97 f-150 burnt to the ground after trans line blew while pulling a long hill. I'm sure manifolds were cherry red from overworking the little v6, lost all power, noticed the smoke, then upon pulling over it caught fire worse and ended up with just a shell. I have pics and vids....wanna see? 
Scottydoggs
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sadly back in 1986 we had no cell phones or cams just there at the ready, hell i used to hit the public library to take out chiltons manuals to figure stuff out, google? i wish we had it back then. its great to just hit YouTube and search for how to's today. makes life pretty easy now.
mizzouguy
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Might have been something other than tranny fluid catching on fire. I'm telling you, I couldn't get it to burn using a torch so until a forensic tech shows me a report that a vehicle burned down because tranny fluid caught on fire, I'm not buying it.97 f-150 burnt to the ground after trans line blew while pulling a long hill. I'm sure manifolds were cherry red from overworking the little v6, lost all power, noticed the smoke, then upon pulling over it caught fire worse and ended up with just a shell. I have pics and vids....wanna see?
Burn baby burn, disco inferno....
Scottydoggs
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hard to dispute when you pop the hood of a car on fire and see the trans line pissing all over and the flames getting higher.
be a non believer, its your right.
be a non believer, its your right.
mizzouguy
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http://www.croberts.com/Vehicle-fire-stuck.htm
This is close
lol jk just thought that emoji was funny. Ok done thread jacking now...
I stand corrected. You're right, pretty much anything will burn under the right conditions. I just read that even antifreeze mixed 50/50 will burn when vaporized by a hot 1000 degree manifold.
"Next tested was automatic transmission fluid. In the early 1990s General Motors experienced numerous fires in its full-sized trucks. Fires usually did not occur in normal usage, but under heavy loads, such as pulling trailers up hills, some transmissions expelled their fluid out onto hot exhaust components and caused fires. As a result, General Motors mailed new dipsticks to owners of these trucks. The new dipsticks had a plastic locking device designed to prevent the internal transmission fluid pressure from ejecting fluid up the dipstick tube and onto the right hand exhaust manifold directly below. Flammability of automatic transmission fluid was demonstrated in the tests by spraying transmission fluid onto the steel tubing, heated to approximately 1,000°F. The transmission fluid immediately flashed."
Sorry we jacked your thread Tony!
"Next tested was automatic transmission fluid. In the early 1990s General Motors experienced numerous fires in its full-sized trucks. Fires usually did not occur in normal usage, but under heavy loads, such as pulling trailers up hills, some transmissions expelled their fluid out onto hot exhaust components and caused fires. As a result, General Motors mailed new dipsticks to owners of these trucks. The new dipsticks had a plastic locking device designed to prevent the internal transmission fluid pressure from ejecting fluid up the dipstick tube and onto the right hand exhaust manifold directly below. Flammability of automatic transmission fluid was demonstrated in the tests by spraying transmission fluid onto the steel tubing, heated to approximately 1,000°F. The transmission fluid immediately flashed."
Sorry we jacked your thread Tony!
