I clearly have a problem, probably of my own making but now I need to help in fixing it.

I have a 454 backed by a 4L80E. I burned up the first transmission by not running a cooler or a loop for the cooler. So I installed a second transmission.

The second transmission appears to be filled with strawberry milkshake.

I am guessing that when I reused the torque converter that I got with the transmission that there must have been water inside of it. Now I know, don't reuse a torque converter. I am not using a cooler in the bottom of the radiator and so I can't think of where else the water would come from.

So how do I fix this? Is it as easy as draining and refilling? Am I screwed?

* Is there a magic elixir that will help get the water out?
* Is there such a thing as a tranny flush?
* Will changing the transmission mutiple times help?
* Do I need to get a new torque converter?

Thank you for any help you can offer.

Jay