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Car Forum / Dodge / Dodge Cars / February 200599 Dodge GC Transmission Problems
Going to send the van to the shop today or tomorrow to have a diagnostic run on the transmission. The problem: If vehicle is cold, it takes forever for the transmission to engage. This is from any gear to any other gear. It happens whenever you stop suddenly, or when turning a corner. If you want to be rough, when ever you are setting there waiting for it to engage, you can rev the engine up and it will make a kind of popping noise and then engage. Sometimes, it will just die when you are sitting at a red light. It has done this 3 times on me. When the vehicle is warm, and has been running for a while (hour or so) the transmission usually works great. Occasionally, you get a hard shift that doesn't feel right, but that is it. Someone mentioned that the torque converter could be going out, or maybe something electrical. I tend to lead more towards mechanical problems/failures, but then I don't mess with transmissions. Thank you in advance, Don Manning Sounds like the typical symptoms of low fluid level. If you check the fluid level when it is warm and see bubbles on the dip stick, it is so low that it is sucking air. Check the fluid level cold, but do not fill to the warm level. As I recall, the torque converter clutch is released with pressure, so low pressure would cause the clutch to be engaged. If the other clutches grab before the torque converter clutch releases, that would kill the engine with the vehicle at a stop. Low pressure could also allow conflicting clutch combinations to be engaged which will quickly eat them up. Gyz > Going to send the van to the shop today or tomorrow to have a diagnostic > run [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Don Manning >Sounds like the typical symptoms of low fluid level. If you check the fluid >level when it is warm and see bubbles on the dip stick, it is so low that it [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >> >it sounds like converter drainback to me. Put a checkvalve in the cooler return line. mike You were correct. evidently, the older way of checking transmission fluid does not apply to these vehicles. I was informed today that the vehicle needed to be running, parked on a flat surface, in drive, with the parking brake on. 2 quarts low. So next week I am going to send it in to have the leak fixed, wherever it may be. Don Manning > Sounds like the typical symptoms of low fluid level. If you check the fluid > level when it is warm and see bubbles on the dip stick, it is so low that it [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > > > Don Manning > You were correct. evidently, the older way of checking transmission fluid > does not apply to these vehicles. I was informed today that the vehicle > needed to be running, parked on a flat surface, in drive, with the parking > brake on. Evidently, you didn't think to check the owner's manual? The above has been the way to check fluid for as long as I can remember (20+ years). How much older is the "older way" you are talking about?  SignatureIf you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much space. Linux Registered User #327951 > > You were correct. evidently, the older way of checking transmission fluid > > does not apply to these vehicles. I was informed today that the vehicle [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > been the way to check fluid for as long as I can remember (20+ years). > How much older is the "older way" you are talking about? Evidently, you didn't think to check the owner's manual? The above has been the way to check fluid for as long as I can remember (20+ years). How much older is the "older way" you are talking about? Neither did you. This vehicle is supposed to be checked in park or neutral, The torque convertor gets filled in Park or Neutral.. The Trucks and vans need to be checked in drive > > You were correct. evidently, the older way of checking transmission fluid > > does not apply to these vehicles. I was informed today that the vehicle [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > been the way to check fluid for as long as I can remember (20+ years). > How much older is the "older way" you are talking about? Made it easy for you DAN C, stick this in the owners manual that you have been reading for 20+yrs > How much older is the "older way" you are talking about? FLUID LEVEL AND CONDITION NOTE: The transmission and differential sump have a common oil sump with a communicating opening between the two. The torque converter fills in both the P Park and N Neutral positions. Place the selector lever in P Park to be sure that the fluid level check is accurate. The engine should be running at idle speed for at least one minute, with the vehicle on level ground. This will assure complete oil level stabilization between differential and transmission. The fluid should be at normal operating temperature (approximately 82 C. or 180 F.) The fluid level is correct if it is in the HOT region (cross-hatched area) on the dipstick. > The torque converter fills in both the P Park and N Neutral positions. Isn't the torque converter ALWAYS full of fluid? >> The torque converter fills in both the P Park and N Neutral positions. > >Isn't the torque converter ALWAYS full of fluid? Some converters drain down to shaft level (about half) when the engine's not running, some don't. Depends on the design. ALL automatics should be checked with engine running, fluid up to operating temp, vehicle sitting level. Have you changed the trans fluid and filter? Be sure that you use _ONLY fluid recommened by the Chrysler dealer. If you usen anything else you will be replacing the transmission in about 6mo or a year. <spamdmanning@mwcmustangs.com> wrote in message news:7MvKd.10538$2e7.6037@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com... > Going to send the van to the shop today or tomorrow to have a diagnostic > run [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Don Manning |
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