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Sat 26 Aug 2006 13:02
granada automatic - slowdown avenue
brother inlaw arrived from st helens last night, as he pulled up , the auto fluid is spilling out , i live in bedfordsire,[hes borrowed my car to go to twickenham. ]. its a 2 litre k reg scorpio 50 thousand miler . ive read here of the fragility of these boxes , its seems to be leaking from the bell housing its a steady drip with engine running, . if he kept topping up do you think he could make it 160 miles, . does any body know the service time given to remove gearbox. by the way his breakdown cover takes the family home ,but the car only 20 miles.
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Sat 26 Aug 2006 13:13
granada automatic - yorkiebar
may be worth trying auto transmission stop leak as a help?

sounds like a seal has gone and its going to a box out job to sort! Book time for box removal and in stallation is 3 hours; but for your first time I would probably double that plus time to effect repair. may end up as a 2 day job?

recovery that only takes a car 20 miles? may be worth changing that too (but too late for now!)
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Sat 26 Aug 2006 17:19
granada automatic - Adam {P}
Completely irrelevant to the question but would this be the St Helens as in St Helens, Merseyside?

If so, small world!
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Sat 26 Aug 2006 20:00
granada automatic - slowdown avenue
yes filled with wynns stop leak and another 3\4litre atf . ill let you know if he makes it back .
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Sun 27 Aug 2006 16:17
granada automatic - slowdown avenue
he made it, and hes gone to the golf club in it this morning.really theirs a trail of atf from my house to the m1.
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Sat 26 Aug 2006 19:52
granada automatic - slowdown avenue
thats right, theyve gone to rugby final and should be heresoon
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Sun 27 Aug 2006 16:27
granada automatic - yorkiebar
Running it til it dies possibly ?
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