Thanks, Rowdie. Should have mentioned, I guess, that before whatever precious automotive fluid it is that is transmogrified into blue smoke out the tail pipe, the transmission fluid has remained at the second mark on the transmission oil dipstick for the last year and a half, ever since I changed the filter and fluid, whereas the oil dipstick level reveals that the car is using about a quart every thousand or so.
This bothers me less than the people driving behind me but, then again, I have little chance of getting rear-ended. However, it also inhibits top down driving in a following wind except on freeways where there are no stoplights.
Further thoughts and suggestions will be much appreciated.
Perhaps I am simply hoping against hope that I do not have to attempt what I understand is the tricky head removal and replacement on the aluminum engine. I understand that head bolts can be a challenge, if not to remove, then to replace without the threads being impaired.
If that is not the case, then there is nothing else special about removing the heads, I suppose.
This bothers me less than the people driving behind me but, then again, I have little chance of getting rear-ended. However, it also inhibits top down driving in a following wind except on freeways where there are no stoplights.
Further thoughts and suggestions will be much appreciated.
Perhaps I am simply hoping against hope that I do not have to attempt what I understand is the tricky head removal and replacement on the aluminum engine. I understand that head bolts can be a challenge, if not to remove, then to replace without the threads being impaired.
If that is not the case, then there is nothing else special about removing the heads, I suppose.
