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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Cars / September 2005AUTO tranny questions
Something I've been meaning to ask, I bought both my 99 Sentra and 98 Altima used with about 100K miles on them. I have no idea about the maintenance history. Their auto trannies seem to be fine. So, do I change the fluid or just leave it at this point? I've red several threads on how changing old fluid just may lead to the demise of the tranny. Now, recently, I noticed that the Sentra sometimes does abrupt "dumps" into 2nd (or maybe 3rd?) gear. I'd be cruising along very very slowly, you could almost walk next to the car, and the gear change would thump to the next gear. What kind of problem am I having? Thanks. CD CD - I would recommend just drain and fills, as opposed to flushes. The flushes can dislodge deposits and cause slipping/leaks. It's just like an oil change really, pop the tranny pan drain bolt off, drain out old, replace bolt/washer and add exactly how much was drained via the dipstick tube (assuming the level was right to begin with). My Maxima does some similar shifting when I'm going really slow - its as though there isn't enough momemtum for smooth engagement... almost like the tranny has to play catch-up.. this always happens to me while up-shifting, e.g. I'm accelerating very slowly, but then tap the brakes, the tranny still decides to upshift and I get an abrubt shift. Hope that helps, Nirav > CD - I would recommend just drain and fills, as opposed to flushes. > The flushes can dislodge deposits and cause slipping/leaks. It's just [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Hope that helps, > Nirav Good suggestion, thanks. I'll do that on both of them. Refilling through that tiny dipstick is the only option, huh? CD Yup. That's the only place to add fluid. You can get a narrow neck funnel. Makes the task simpler. Nirav > Something I've been meaning to ask, I bought both my 99 Sentra and 98 > Altima used with about 100K miles on them. I have no idea about the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > CD Change it now. >> Something I've been meaning to ask, I bought both my 99 Sentra and 98 >> Altima used with about 100K miles on them. I have no idea about the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Change it now. Would it make sense to use synthetic tranny fluid and would I get a longer change interval by using it? CD I've always used dino fluids... engine oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid, etc.... I'm happy doing a tranny drain/fill every year - the possibility of extending that interval by using synthetic doesn't tempt me. Cheers, Nirav > Something I've been meaning to ask, I bought both my 99 Sentra and 98 > Altima used with about 100K miles on them. I have no idea about the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Thanks. CD I purchased a QX4 with 42K miles on it. At 50K it started thump (hard shift) . Had total flush and now it works normal. Now has 52K on it. My $.02 worth. |
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