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Re: Transmission Care Posted by Ari [Email]  (#2847) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Ari) on Tue, 11 Oct 2005 05:33:21
In Reply to: Transmission Care, Travis, Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:34:56 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
First, replace the transmission fluid frequently. If you can actually flush the system, every 15 to 20K miles is good. If you merely drain the fluid, you only get about 40% - a lot stays in the torque converter. In that case, most folks do one of two things-
(1) drain as much fluid as you can, add in new, and after driving the car for a few hours, do it again. After about 3 times, you've done a pretty good flush.
(2) simply drain as much as you can and replace, and do this at every second oil change.
When draining the fluid, it helps to measure how much comes out, so you'll know how much to put in.
There is also a filter that fits into the bottom of the tranny. It's metal mesh, so you can clean it with a little fresh tranny fluid. Or you can replace it with a new one - they're about $15 or so mail order. There is a magnet at the bottom - inspect it for metal. A little brown sludge is common; chunks of metal are bad.
My recommendation - if you can get it flushed, do so every 15K miles, and replace the filter at each flush. It's more than the filter being replaced - there are O-rings, and if they get old, they can leak.
A pretty good approach is to simply drain as much as possible and renew at every second oil change. Clean the filter at one draining, and replace at the next. This is assuming that you change the oil every 4-5K miles. If you change the oil at 10K miles, do the tranny change every 10K.
Does this seem like a lot? Seem expensive? Yes, we're talking about 20-$30 bucks in materials if you do it yourself. That can run $300 over 100K miles. Price a rebuilt tranny, and it's cheap.
Other things - if the transmission starts to shift hard, if it skips gears, if it shifts at the wrong rpm (early, late), or it stays in neutral for a second or two between shifts, GET IT LOOKED AT IMMEDIATELY. Sorry for shouting. Many things can be addressed cheaply with the tranny in the car, like replacing the govenor seals or fixing a broken accumulator spring. But if you keep driving the car like that, clutches will wear, gear teeth will generate metal, all of which cause more wear and damage. Eventually it'll kill the tranny. So don't let little problems alone, because they will get big.
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