Transmission fails after seafoam 325xi 2004.

I had just finished seafoaming thru the vacuum line my 325xi 04 133k while i was revving the car my fan just shot a causing a dent in the hood. My car wouldnt move when i put it in d. I had my radiator leaking. The fan broke some of the hoses but i was recently told that my transmission is also shot.i feared that. I just dont understand how the seafoam caused that anybody has any ideas?
Also i found a 328 1999 for sale i was wondering if i could do a transmission swap? And maybe use some of the other parts.

I have a video by the way ill post up the link once i upload it.

strictly coincidental, the fact your fan grenaded had nothing to do with the seafoam treatment. The reason why your car isnt going anywhere is because the ATF leaked out, if an auto trans doesnt have enough fluid the torque converter cannot generate the power to move your car. Fix the fan, or convert to a electric fan(see KPENGs thread) and all the hoses that were damaged, top off all fluids, and your back in business.

that makes whole lot of sense i didn't check it myself because the lack of tool plus i had to get it towed. appreciate it. forgot to mention the atf reservoir broke also but i thought that was for the steering.

Another Seafoam related death. Waiting on video link. Seafoam is infamously well-known for causing fans to explode.

^So dumb lol

The fan mounts deteriorate. Flooring the car while running Seafoam puts stress on the fan mount and they whole fan shifts and grenades.
Take a look at this post: http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthr...911&highlight=
The fan probably only punctured ATF hoses.

View My Video decided to let my girl revv itt. try not to laugh.

thanks for the thread link Im deff upgrading to an electrical fan after this.

Sea Ffoam is mostly placebo. I wouldnt run it in my induction.

once i get my car back from the shop is in ill take it to my friends shop ill see the damage caused and fix it. im almost sure is not the transmission now. my air intake broke also btw. ill take pics and put them up.

Originally Posted by RECK48

try not to laugh.

I tried.

I failed.

Simple: You're not supposed to rev the engine while stationary. This helped your already-deteriorating fan blades explode causing pieces of the blade to puncture your transmission cooling lines. Your trans fluid leaked out thus rendering the transmission useless. If you're lucky, you may be able to repair the lines, refill the trans and go on your way. If not, then you tried driving your car without fluid and fried the transmission. Do not blame this on Seafoam.

how can i tell if i fried my transmission or not i did try to move it after the leakage. would the pcm show any codes if this was the case?

Excluding forced industion, I have used Seafoam on several cars-never had a problem.

Originally Posted by E46Mango

Simple: You're not supposed to rev the engine while stationary. This helped your already-deteriorating fan blades explode causing pieces of the blade to puncture your transmission cooling lines. Your trans fluid leaked out thus rendering the transmission useless. If you're lucky, you may be able to repair the lines, refill the trans and go on your way. If not, then you tried driving your car without fluid and fried the transmission. Do not blame this on Seafoam.

Automatic transmissions run only when there is ATF in them. If there is no ATF, the gears will not engage. I'm positive if you did in fact puncture your ATF cooling lines, then just get new lines and refill the tranny and your car should move. just my .02$.

yeah, the trans is most likely fine, if there's no atf, there wouldn't be any motion transfer via the torque converter, so the car just stops. fix the lines, fill it up with atf and go.

getting my car back today. have a pretty basic idea in how to change the cooler lines. a little too basic. plus i see the hoses come with special ''quick-connect coupling". recommendations in how to make my job easier i will be making my first diy atf cooler lines and probably anything else i have to repair due to my fan-explosion. if its not already posted. help is appreciated.

Originally Posted by RECK48

getting my car back today. have a pretty basic idea in how to change the cooler lines. a little too basic. plus i see the hoses come with special ''quick-connect coupling". recommendations in how to make my job easier i will be making my first diy atf cooler lines and probably anything else i have to repair due to my fan-explosion. if its not already posted. help is appreciated.

there should be a grey plastic tab between the couplers, you need to push that in to release the spring. they are kind of tricky at times you kind of have to push the tab and pull the other end at the same time