Suck Hardcore: Tranny

When a transmission starts sucking fluid into the engine, the symptoms are immediate and hard to ignore:

This fluid travels up the vacuum line and straight into the engine's intake manifold. 2. The "Hardcore" Symptoms

Inside the modulator is a flexible rubber diaphragm. Over time, heat and age cause this rubber to crack or rupture. When this happens: tranny suck hardcore

If transmission fluid drips out of that hose, the diaphragm is blown.

As the engine burns the ingested transmission fluid, a thick, acrid cloud of white/grey smoke pours out of the exhaust. When a transmission starts sucking fluid into the

The vacuum from the engine begins to directly out of the gearbox.

Locate the vacuum modulator on the side of the transmission and pull off the rubber vacuum hose. Over time, heat and age cause this rubber

If you suspect your transmission is "sucking hardcore," the diagnosis is simple and requires no special tools: