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head gasket or radiator?

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my car was blowing out white smoke and mixing antifreeze/oil externally. usually symptoms like this would be a head gasket, but what stunned me is that there was also tranny fluid in with the mixture sitting on top. I know that tranny cooler is in the radiator, but would tranny fluid leak if its a blown head gasket? i don't want to have to change the head gaskets and it not be what is wrong. HELP!
 

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well the tranny fluid does run on the radiator thru the cooler, but from what you mentioned sounds like you have both a blown head gasket and a internally leaky radiator
 

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I think you have a few things going on there. First I'd check the tranny fluid. Then I'd check, the oil. Then I'd do a compression/leak down test on the engine.

Because with what all you described it sounds like busted rad and head gasket to me. Did you have a suffeicent amount of antifreeze in there for your winter conditions? could've crack the rad and the block hope not. Let us know what you find.
 
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