OK I did transmission fluid flush on my 02 4.4i - Page 25

e30cabrio · #**241** 09-23-2013, 02:29 PM

Thanks, I'll post a closeup of the numbers tonight when I get home.

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e30cabrio · #**242** 09-23-2013, 09:59 PM

Here are closeups of all the numbers. I can't make a date aou of them.

RRPhil · #**243** 09-24-2013, 04:01 AM

Yes, that is the manufacturing date (German for October is Oktober, abbreviated to Okt) but the year looks too smudged to read unfortunately.

Phil

e30cabrio · #**244** 09-24-2013, 07:24 AM

I looked closely and am pretty sure it says 2002.

Thanks

e30cabrio · #**245** 09-25-2013, 08:34 AM

How many miles before I can stop worrying changing the fluid did harm?

I have about 130 on it and so far so good.

stunt · #**246** 10-02-2013, 09:23 AM

I did my 1st fluid change 200 miles ago @ 133k, and now the transmission is stuck in 3rd or 4th all the time when driving.

It lurches when putting it in R backing out of the garage in the morning and again when putting it in D to drive off, but other than is is smooth, except for the slow acceleration with is probably putting a strain on the torque converter.

I'm guessing one or more of the valve body passages got blocked?

MPDano · #**247** 10-02-2013, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stunt

I did my 1st fluid change 200 miles ago @ 133k, and now the transmission is stuck in 3rd or 4th all the time when driving.

It lurches when putting it in R backing out of the garage in the morning and again when putting it in D to drive off, but other than is is smooth, except for the slow acceleration with is probably putting a strain on the torque converter.

I'm guessing one or more of the valve body passages got blocked?

Oh Gawd, now this is discouraging news.

stunt · #**248** 10-02-2013, 09:32 AM

Yeah, I finally realized it for the first time this morning driving to work when trying to pass someone. It never down shifted. When I move the shifter to the sport/manual mode, I'm unable to change gears as well.

I had noticed the jerkiness when backing out for a few days, but not that I had been in 3/4 the entire time.

stunt · #**249** 10-02-2013, 12:42 PM

I think it was a false alarm and caused by the battery being low.

In another thread it was suggested that the battery could have been low (which is likely since I have been tuning my new amps without the engine running over the last few days).

Sure enough, when I went out to lunch today, the symptoms where completely gone!

e30cabrio · #**250** 10-02-2013, 04:27 PM

I am at about 400 miles after changing the filter/6.5 bottles of Lifeguard 5. Running nice.

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