A tough one....

[Racer-X]

Originally Posted by KenP

Hope things with the wife get better. Much better.

BTW, no one has mentioned a head gasket. You could get mixing of the fluids there and underload the truck would certainly run poorly.

A mixing of tranny fluid and coolant from a head gasket? Oil maybe.

I am curious why it was running badly though. It sure didn't feel like a tranny issue unless something was binding maybe.

Thanks Ken (and everyone) for the well wishes with wife. Still no real change. Tests that take longer to process should be done tomorrow at noon. Hope to know more then. She did have an otter pop awhile ago though. Thats a good thing right?

[H2 Ranger]

Originally Posted by PhilD

Water in the tranny is bad, it will not run real well and the engine will surge and all sorts of things as the tranny gets worse, and allows for less/more resistance due to the contaminated fluid.

Good point Phil, I would add that the mixing of both oil and water changes the surface tension of the liquids allowing air in the oil. Air is compressable and will haper smooth servo and spool valve operations. Mabee this condition was part of the issue as well.