Wagon_man
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Hey all,
I recently bought a vs series 2.
However I overlooked the condition of the trans fluid, the previous owner told me it had run low so he got a mechanic to top it up.
Once I had it for a few weeks I noticed it was brown and smelled burnt, I also noticed that when I checked the level while idling it was bubbly and overfilled. I did some digging on this forum and concluded that the overfilling had probably caused my fluid to burn.
I tried removing sOme oil til the level was correct, it drove horribly, poor acceleration and appeared to slip when going up hills in 4th.
I thought I'd try some new fluid to see if it would work properly when correctly filled. I sucked as much rancid burnt brown oil as I could out through the dipstick, then topped up with new oil.
Noticed huge improvement so decided I would do it again to get the oil clean as it was still brownish.
Now it is probably 80-90% clean oil with nulon trans treatment added too and runs much better. No bubbles and fluid is just a slightly dirty red.
Ok, that's the background info.
My question is:
I notice that in 4th at 80, the revs fluctuate a bit until I get to about 82 and back off the throttle, then it feels like the torque converter locks up. Above 90 I can tell the converter is locked and it cruises well. Is it a normal for the trans to do that or is it slipping? Or could it be that it won't lock until the revs are higher due to some wear and tear or electrical fault?
I've been keeping it in 3rd til 90 cos I'm worried it slipping..
Any thoughts??
Cheers
I recently bought a vs series 2.
However I overlooked the condition of the trans fluid, the previous owner told me it had run low so he got a mechanic to top it up.
Once I had it for a few weeks I noticed it was brown and smelled burnt, I also noticed that when I checked the level while idling it was bubbly and overfilled. I did some digging on this forum and concluded that the overfilling had probably caused my fluid to burn.
I tried removing sOme oil til the level was correct, it drove horribly, poor acceleration and appeared to slip when going up hills in 4th.
I thought I'd try some new fluid to see if it would work properly when correctly filled. I sucked as much rancid burnt brown oil as I could out through the dipstick, then topped up with new oil.
Noticed huge improvement so decided I would do it again to get the oil clean as it was still brownish.
Now it is probably 80-90% clean oil with nulon trans treatment added too and runs much better. No bubbles and fluid is just a slightly dirty red.
Ok, that's the background info.
My question is:
I notice that in 4th at 80, the revs fluctuate a bit until I get to about 82 and back off the throttle, then it feels like the torque converter locks up. Above 90 I can tell the converter is locked and it cruises well. Is it a normal for the trans to do that or is it slipping? Or could it be that it won't lock until the revs are higher due to some wear and tear or electrical fault?
I've been keeping it in 3rd til 90 cos I'm worried it slipping..
Any thoughts??
Cheers