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quote:Originally posted by stirfry
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quote:Originally posted by AZ_IceMan
Just follow up, also I had my tranny just go on me and it was rebuilt at Larry Miller Dodge over in the West Valley. But basically the fluid and high temps were the culprit. No warnings either, just "blew up" on me while on the freeway, it had trouble shifting from 2nd to 3rd, felt a couple of clunks before the total failure and then I was instantly revving in neutral. [V] But my car has 32000 miles on it so it was rebuilt under warranty. You might just need a new solenoid pack and another total flush and you might be able to get away with it without too much financial setback. [B)]
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Wow that's not good only 32,000 miles, do you do a lot of freeway driving is that why. Any clues why yours went out so soon. [:I]
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Well I have the Stage One and Stage 2 WGA on my cruiser...but I also live in Arizona and it gets killer here in the summer. Freeway driving is actually helpful for the tranny, it was the 2 years of stop and go in heavy traffic in hot weather that did it to me. Even if you're not racing or towing, its still considered adverse and hard driving conditions in the manual. So basically it failed because autos love to shift up and down on their own when you go a little fast then slow down. This builds up heat and when its 115 degrees outside that helps it too. After a given temperature the tranny fluid begins to break down and loses its viscosity and starts turning more into syrup than lubricant. That "syrup" later causes heavy friction in the transmission solenoids, and then you finally get a boom. Its broken. Now I have a tranny temp guage to let me know what the heck is going on. [xx(]
Sorry 'bout the length.
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