Hi,

I'm having some problems right now with a transmission on my 1998
Hyundai Accent, and I'd really appreciate some advice on how I could
correct the problem.   Let me provide a few details:

as of late is, the transmission is hard shifting and slipping when
it's being driven for the first few minutes after being warmed up.

But after about 5-10 minutes of driving, the car starts to shift
perfectly..... the shifting problems disappear.

I have checked the fluid level, and it's where it's supposed to be.
I've also changed the transmission filter recently.  Something I did
notice when changing the filter and fluid was that there were a lot of
metal particles (almost like granules) at the bottom of the pan in
some sludge, and I've also spotted some of these metallic grains in
the fluid.    I've actually changed the filter and fluid twice in the
last month to see if that would help, but even after the 2nd filter
change I still noticed some particles.

It's apparent that something has worn down in the transmission, but I
do think that it's possible that these metal particles are floating
around in the transmission lines, probably getting caught in pistons,
and maybe this could be the cause of why the car is having the
shifting problems in the first 5-10 minutes of driving it around?
Like mentioned before,  after driving it around for a while, it then
shifts perfectly.

I was thinking about just changing the fluid and filter yet again.
Would taking this car to a station for a "transmission flush" help get
a lot of these floating particles out of the system, or is that a
waste of money in this situation?  Also, something else I noticed is
that when the dealership last worked on this car, they removed the
magnets from the transmission pan.  I was thinking that maybe setting
a magnet in there, if I do another trans fluid/filter change,  may
help collect some of these particles as well.

looking forward to your suggestions and advice,...thanks.

tysteel

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